Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

Badgers — to forage for food.

  1. emerging at night

  2. they are emerging at night

  3. emerge at night

  4. to emerge there at night

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Badgers are nocturnal animals that emerge at night to forage for food. The simple present 'emerge' correctly describes a habitual action. Option A uses the participle 'emerging' without an auxiliary verb, making it grammatically incomplete.