Question

The chief guest was requested _________ over the function ( to preside, preside, presiding​

Answer 1

Answer:

The chief guest was requested to preside over the function.

Answer 2

The chief guest was requested to preside over the function.

• The term to is used to denote a direction or a movement.
• It acts both as an adverb and preposition.
• For example: Rose spent some money to get some help.
• In the given sentence, since there is a request thus, to will be used.
• Thus, the correct sentence is - The chief guest was requested to preside over the function.