Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: He is looking forward to meet you soon.

Question

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:

He is looking forward to meet you soon.

1. A. to meeting you soon (Correct answer)
2. B. for meeting you
3. C. meeting you
4. D. to have met you

Correct Answer

Option A — to meeting you soon

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is to meeting you soon.

Key Points

• In look forward to, the word *to* is a preposition, not part of an infinitive, so it must be followed by a noun or gerund.
• The correct form is therefore "looking forward to meeting you soon", not *to meet*.
• The test is substitution with a noun: "I look forward to the meeting" works, which confirms *to* is prepositional.

Additional Information

• Other expressions where *to* is a preposition and takes -ing: be used to, get accustomed to, object to, be averse to, with a view to, take to, be addicted to, be committed to, in addition to.
• Contrast these with true infinitives after *want, hope, decide, agree, refuse, manage*, which take the base verb.
• This is among the most frequently tested points in SSC English precisely because the two structures look identical on the page — the distinction is grammatical, not visual.