Verb Forms: Execution vs. Suspension
This question tests the correct usage of the verb 'hang'. The verb 'hang' has two different past participle forms depending on the meaning:
- Hung: Used when talking about suspending objects. (e.g., The picture was hung on the wall.)
- Hanged: Used specifically when referring to the execution of a person by suspending them by the neck.
The sentence describes a demand for the execution of an accused person. The structure "be ______" requires the past participle form.
Analyzing the Options
- hanged: This is the correct past participle form for execution. The sentence requires this form as the crowd wants the accused to be executed.
- hanging: This is the present participle. It does not fit the passive structure "be hanging" in this context, which would imply the action is currently happening or ongoing.
- hankering: This verb means 'to desire strongly'. It is irrelevant to the context of execution.
- hung: This is the past participle for suspending objects, not for execution.
Therefore, the correct word to complete the sentence is 'hanged', indicating the demand for execution.
Correct Option: A
Important Questions from Words
- The word-formation process of Backformation can apply to which ONE of the following pairs?
Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.
(A) When the teacher eludes to different authors, he is being elusive.
(B) When the thief keeps eluding the police, he is being elusive.
(C) Matters that are difficult to understand, identify or remember are allusive.
(D) Mirages can be allusive, but a better way to express them is illusory.Which linguistic process can be seen in the formation of the following words?
i. smog, ii. brunch, iii. motel iv. telecast
- Which one of the following is a famous detective character created by Edgar Allan Poe?
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