Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
What made you ___ it?
A) do
B) to do
C) doing
D) done

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a word or a group of words that describes an action, a state of being, or a situation. The component of a phrase that tells us what the subject does is called a verb. Tense, aspect, mood, and voice are all encoded through inflecting verbs in various languages.

Complete answer:
In the above sentence, we have to use a verb that describes what made the person perform a particular action. The verb should be in the simple present tense as the sentence is in the present tense.

Let us look at the given options:
A) do: This is the correct option. The verb 'do' signifies to perform or execute an action or to prepare something when it is employed as the main verb. Here the question asks the person the reason that made him take an action, so this is the appropriate option.
B) to do: This option is incorrect because ‘to do’ would make the sentence grammatically incorrect. Propositions should always be used before pronouns and not after them.
C) doing: This option is incorrect because since the sentence is written in the simple present tense, thus the verb should be written in the simple present tense as well. However, the verb "doing" is written in present continuous tense, so it cannot be used.
D) done: This option is incorrect because the sentence is in present tense therefore the verb should also be in the present tense, here the verb ‘done’ is in the past tense, therefore it cannot be used.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (A) Do.

Note: Some rules of verbs are:
- Plural subjects require plural verbs, while singular subjects require singular verbs.
- The verbs are unaffected by prepositional phrases that divide the subjects from the verbs.
- Nouns in the subject that are joined by a conjunction function as the plural subject and take a plural verb.