Discussion
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
Even in his sixties, Mahatma Gandhi walked at a brisk ______. He once believed that the English had superiority over his fellow-Indians because they were stronger, ______ carnivores. Most Hindus are vegetarians.
Answer: B
The pair is pace, being. A person walks at a brisk pace, a standard collocation, whereas speed, rhythm and step do not go with ‘brisk’ in the same way. The second blank needs a participle to introduce the reason: they were stronger, being carnivores.
The other options supply finite verbs (are, be, is) that make the clause ungrammatical after the comma.
Note that ‘brisk pace’ is a fixed phrase for a quick walking speed: one says walk at a brisk pace, not at a brisk rhythm or step. The word ‘being’ in the second blank turns the clause into a reason, because they were stronger, being carnivores.
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