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General Aptitude
Verbal Aptitude
GATE 2011
Medium

Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete the following sentence: I contemplated _____ Singapore for my vacation but decided against it.

  • Ato visit
  • Bhaving to visit
  • visiting
  • Dfor a visit

Explanation

'Contemplate' is followed by a gerund ('contemplate doing something'), not an infinitive — 'contemplated visiting' is the grammatically correct form.

Source: GATE ME 2011 (2011)

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