Question

Choose the verb or verb phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

Weather can be unforgiving, even to entertainers. To please fans, a musical group sometimes _______ their safety at risk to perform in bad weather. For example, the pop group ABBA performed in the rain in 1977. The rain caused one of the members, Frida, to slip on the stage.
A.
puts
B.
put
C.
is putting
D.
has put

Answer 1

The correct verb to complete the sentence about a musical group taking a risk is 'put', reflecting the simple past tense needed to match the rest of the context.

Step-by-step explanation:

To complete the sentence, 'Weather can be unforgiving, even to entertainers. To please fans, a musical group sometimes _______ their safety at risk to perform in bad weather,' we need to choose the verb that correctly fits into the blank. The correct verb in this context is 'put' since the sentence describes an action that is sometimes performed by a musical group. This activity is an example of evaluating verbs for subject-verb agreement and verb tense.

An example using the correct verb would be: 'To please fans, a musical group sometimes puts their safety at risk to perform in bad weather.' This reflects the simple past tense that should be used here, matching the tense indicated in the next sentence, which is also in past tense ('performed in the rain in 1977').