Question

choose the best phrase to complete the sentence.

during the summer, she likes her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

options:

• to practice
• the practicing of
• practice for
• to do a practice on

Explanation:

Analyze the sentence structure and verb complement

The verb "likes" can take either a gerund or an infinitive as its direct object. The sentence is: "During the summer, she likes [blank] her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall."

Evaluate the given options

• "to practice": Forms a grammatically correct infinitive phrase "to practice her soccer skills" acting as the direct object of "likes".
• "the practicing of": Wordy and awkward; requires "of" which makes "her soccer skills" a prepositional object, but "practicing of her soccer skills" is grammatically inferior to the direct infinitive.
• "practice for": Incorrect because "practice for her soccer skills" does not fit the context of performing the action on the skills.
• "to do a practice on": Wordy, unnatural, and grammatically awkward.

Determine the best completion

The most concise, natural, and grammatically correct option is "to practice".

Answer:

Choose the best phrase to complete the sentence.

During the summer, she likes <blank>to practice</blank> her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.