Question

Complete the sentence with a suitable option:
Mr. Ghosh is very happy ______ his son's excellent result.
a) For seeing
b)To see
c) By seeing
d) sees

Answer 1

Hint: A phrase is an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, the main verb in the sentence is ‘is’ (be). The word following ‘is’, ‘happy’, is an adjective (infinitive).
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'for seeing', refers to a preposition phrase which builds on a cause – effect by modifying a verb or a noun. However, it cannot modify the given adjective before the blank ‘happy’.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.

Option (b.), ‘to see', refers to a verb phrase before which adjective ‘happy’ is used to present the reason for something.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct.

Option (c.), ‘by seeing', refers to a phrase which cannot be used to modify the adjective ‘happy’, as it used to indicate how a certain thing happened or was achieved.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect.

Option (d.), ‘sees', refers to a verb which cannot be used directly after the first clause in the sentence as it needs to be connected with another word (conjunction/preposition/adverb).
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect.

Note: In this question, you need to examine what each phrase in the options will make out the sentence to mean if it is used in the blank, otherwise you will not be able to select the right answer.