_____ all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.

A.To grow B. Growing C. Grown D.Grow
@which is the best answer
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The answer is: B. Growing

This is an inverted form of the sentence, thus:

Growing all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.
= Wild flowers of different kinds are growing all over the hills and around the lake.

Could we use "A"?
thank you .

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Yes, you can, Kathy. A is the 2nd best answer, but the question demands the best one.

"to grow" implies an action to take place in very near future.
If someone says this at the end of winter, he is predicting a scene in spring.

To grow all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.
= Wild flowers of different kinds are to grow all over the hills and around the lake.

The reason it is not the best answer is that we normally use "will grow" or "are going to grow" instead of "are to grow", since the growing of the flowers are not all that immediate.

Tim and Apex, what will you say about this? Please give a hand.

How about Option C 'GROWN'?

Grown all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.

May not be correct. Glot please advise.

'To grow' may not be correct!

1. You do not grow WILD flowers.

2. 'To grow' may be better followed by either the verbs 'needed' or 'required'. Also, the word WILD should be taken of, as in

"To grow all over the hills and around the lake, flowers of different kinds are required.

Please comment.

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Let's not use the inverted sentence, Geo. The restored version of your sentence would be:
Wild flowers of different kinds are grown all over the hills and around the lake.
This is passive voice, and definitely not right because people don't grow WILD flowers, as you said.


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Geo, the restored version would be:
Wild flowers of different kinds are to grow all over the hills and around the lake.

"are to grow" means that the wild flowers grow by itself. There is no indication in above sentence that they are grown by people.

Check these:
Rice and potatoes are grown all over the field. (o)
= Grown all over the field are rice and potatoes.
Wild flowers are grown all over the mountain. (x)
= Grown all over the mountain are wild flowers. (x)
Wild flowers grow (or are growing) all over the mountain. (o)
= Growing all over the mountain are wild flowers. (o)

the correct answer to the question asked should be 'B'.

Growing all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds. ( CORRECT ANSWER )
= Wild flowers of different kinds are growing all over the hills and around the lake.
(The writer or speaker of the inverted sentence is giving emphasis to the sprawl of growth and is witnessing the happening or event.)

To grow all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.
= To grow all over the hills and around the lake "are going to be/will be/would be" wild flowers of different kinds.
= Wild flowers of different kinds are to grow all over the hills and around the lake.
= Wild flowers of different kinds "are going to grow/will be growing/would be growing/(will grow)" all over the hills and around the lake.
= There will be wild flowers of different kinds growing all over the hills and around the lake.
(Envisioning only.)

Grown all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.
= Wild flowers of different kinds are (being) grown all over the hills and around the lake.
= Having seen growing all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.
= Wild flowers of different kinds are being seen growing all over the hills and around the lake.
(A scene one has come across.)

A Big Thank You to:

Glot, Courtesy & Potege

Lesson learnt.

Cheers, and Happy Valentine's Day!