Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.
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He is addicted to smoke.
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- addicted to smoking
- used to smoke
- addicted of smoking
- addicted with smoking
Correct Option: A
addicted (Adj.) : unable to stop doing something as a habit an Adj. + to → Gerund (Verb + ing) will be used.
Hence, addicted to smoking is the right usage.