The room needs ______ before the guests arrive.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. cleaning
- Step 1: After 'need' with a passive meaning, the -ing form is used.
Answer
cleaning.
Why not the others: clean, to clean and cleaned up don't fit.
Practise more Non-finite verbs and passive.
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