Multiple choice

Which forms of the word: "sprinkle" will fit the sentences given below?

The tomato sauce prepared by Tom's mother is awesome because she _____ some low fat cheese over it. __ water helps dry plants to revive. The waiter _____ white pepper over the salad instead of black salt.

  1. sprinkles, Sprinkling, sprinkled

  2. sprinkled, Sprinkled, sprinkles

  3. sprinkled, Sprinkling, sprinkles

  4. sprinkles, Sprinkled, sprinkled

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct forms are: sprinkles (present tense habitual action, 'she sprinkles'), Sprinkling (gerund as subject, 'Sprinkling water'), and sprinkled (past tense, 'waiter sprinkled'). Option A correctly uses present tense for routine action, gerund form for the activity as subject, and past tense for a completed specific action. The capitalization of 'Sprinkling' at sentence start is grammatically correct.