[Grammar] A Gerund/Infinitive Question

[lfthnLl]

When the fishing boat failed to return, she stood on the cliff --- out the sea.

a) gazing b)gazed c)to gaze d) gaze e) having gazed
Thanks in advance...
EDIT

It is wrong of you --- comments on anything if you don't have much knowledge about on the subject. a) to be making b) making c) to make d) having made e) made

 

[bhaisahab]

When the fishing boat failed to return, she stood on the cliff --- out the sea.

a) gazing b)gazed c)to gaze d) gaze e) having gazed
Thanks in advance...

Welcome to the forums, IfthnLi. Which one would you choose? (there is a preposition missing as well)

 

[lfthnLl]

Welcome to the forums, IfthnLi. Which one would you choose? (there is a preposition missing as well)

Thanks, by the way you are right. It is not ''--- out the sea'' it is ''--- out to sea''
First, I thought it was ''gazing'' but then I saw that the sentence is written in past tense and I thought it could be ''having gazed'' too.

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks, by the way you are right. It is not ''--- out the sea'' it is ''--- out to sea''
First, I thought it was ''gazing'' but then I saw that the sentence is written in past tense and I thought it could be ''having gazed'' too.

You were right first time, it's "gazing".