Multiple choice

Choose the best sentence after changing the highlighted words (infinitive forms) into gerunds.

Sentence - I sympathize with his feelings, I estimate his purposes, I interpret his intentions; all this has a meaning only in context of my own expectations.

  1. Sympathizing with his feeling, estimating his purposes, interpreting his intentions, has a meaning only in context of my own expectations.

  2. Sympathizing with his feelings, estimating his purposes, interpreting his intentions, has a meaning only in context of my own expectations.

  3. Sympathizing with his feelings, estimating his purpose, interpreting his intentions, has a meaning only in context of my own expectations.

  4. Sympathizing with his feelings, estimating his purposes, interpreting his intention, has a meaning only in context of my own expectations.

  5. Sympathizing with his feelings, estimate his purposes, interpreting his intentions, has a meaning only in context of my own expectations.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is grammatically the most correct sentence. Options (1), (3) and (4) are incorrect because the nouns have been changed from plural to singular. Option (5) is incorrect because infinitive form (estimate) has not been converted into gerund form.

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