Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A: あ、私のさかながない！ B: 私のねこが（）と思います。

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Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A: あ、私のさかながない！ B: 私のねこが（ ）と思います。

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Question restatement: The prompt asks to choose the most appropriate word to fill the blank in the sentence: A: あ、私のさかながない！ B: 私のねこが（ ）と思います。

Option a: 食べた. Explanation: This is the plain past tense form meaning 'ate.' When placed before 点思います, the phrase becomes '私のねこが食べたと思います' meaning 'I think my cat ate it.' This aligns with reporting a past event.

Option b: 食べない. Explanation: This is the negative non-past form meaning 'does not eat' or 'will not eat.' '私のねこが食べないと思います' translates to 'I think my cat does not eat,' which is incongruous with the prior statement about the missing fish and with the cat having possibly eaten it.

Option c: 食べる. Explanation: This is the non-past plain form meaning 'eat' or 'will eat' depending on context. '私のねこが食べると思います' would imply 'I think my cat will eat (it),' which mismatches the context of something being missing right now.

Option d: 食べません. Explanation: This is the polite negative non-past form meaning 'does not eat' (polite). '私のねこが食べませんと思います' sounds unnatural because the thought of the cat not eating would not typically be conveyed with 'と思います' in this setup.

Option e: 食べて. Explanation: This is the te-form 'eat' used to connect clauses or request actions (e.g., 'eat and...'). '私のねこが食べてと思います' is ungrammatical in this context, since the te-form cannot directly precede 'と思います' to express a simple hypothesis about a past event.

In summary, only option a (食べた) correctly renders the intended meaning: 'I think my cat ate it,' fitting the narrative that fish is missing and attributing the action to the cat in the past tense.

ATS1142 ATS2142 - S2 2025 Week 5 Post-Class Module

Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A: あ、私のさかながない！ B: 私のねこが（）と思います。

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Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A: あ、私のさかながない！ B: 私のねこが（ ）と思います。

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Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A: あ、私のさかながない！ B: 私のねこが（）と思います。