NDA (I & II) 2020 General Ability Test · Question 42 of 148

Correct — B, Error in the second underlined part. In 'look forward to', the 'to' is a preposition, so it must be followed by a gerund, not the base verb; 'to meet' should be 'to meeting' — 'I look forward to meeting you.'

• (a)Error in the first underlined part — The subject 'I' is correct and carries no error.
• (c)Error in the third underlined part — The object 'you' is correct.
• (d)No error — The sentence does contain an error — 'to meet' should be the gerund 'to meeting'.

A gerund-after-preposition item — in 'look forward to', the 'to' is a preposition and takes an -ing form.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the correct sentence.

  • (a)I look forward to meet you.
  • (b)I look forward to meeting you.
  • (c)I look forward for meeting you.
  • (d)I look forward meet you.

  Answer(b) I look forward to meeting you — the 'to' here is a preposition.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: She looks forward to ____ from you soon.

  • (a)hear
  • (b)hearing
  • (c)heard
  • (d)hears

  Answer(b) hearing — a gerund follows 'look forward to'.