Fill in the blank (verb + infinitive pattern) “I ______ a car to be absolutely necessary these days.” Choose the verb that best fits this formal structure.

Given data

• Structure: Verb + object + infinitive (“a car to be”).

Concept/Approach
Consider commonly takes an object + infinitive (or object + complement): “consider X to be Y.”

Option analysis
consider — grammatically natural and formal.think/suppose/guess — usually take a clause (“I think that a car is …”), not an object + infinitive here.

Final Answer
consider