It _ me a lot of money.
Correct answer: B. Cost
- A. Costs
- B. Cost
- C. Costed
- D. Is costing
Explanation
The sentence is in the singular first person. "costs" refers to all of the pieces within that group (being plural), hence incorrect. "costed" is the past tense and the past participle of cost and means to estimate or determine the cost of something hence incorrect. "cost" is used to "have as a price" or "cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice" in past tense and past participle hence correct. 'Is costing' is in the present tense and hence incorrect.
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