NDA (I) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 25 of 146

Correct — B, meet her. After 'would like to', the verb stays in its base (bare infinitive) form, so 'Would you like to meet her?' is correct. 'Meeting' is a gerund and cannot follow the infinitive marker 'to', 'met' is a past form, and 'meet with' is used for formal or arranged meetings rather than the simple sense of being introduced to someone.

• (a)meeting her? — 'Meeting' is a gerund (-ing form); the infinitive marker 'to' must be followed by the base form of the verb, not a gerund.
• (c)met her? — 'Met' is the past-tense/past-participle form; after 'to' the verb takes its base form 'meet', so a past form is ungrammatical here.
• (d)meet with her? — 'Meet with' implies a formal or pre-arranged meeting, not the plain sense of meeting or being introduced to someone that the sentence intends.

A sentence-completion item on the verb form after the infinitive marker 'to', which takes the base form of the verb.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  I would like to ______ the manager about this.

  • (a)speaking
  • (b)spoke
  • (c)speak
  • (d)spoken

  Answer(c) speak — the infinitive marker 'to' is followed by the base form of the verb.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  They want to ______ the match this evening.

  • (a)watch
  • (b)watching
  • (c)watched
  • (d)watches

  Answer(a) watch — after 'to' the verb takes its base form.