Question
Download Solution PDFDirection: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Everyone in the family ______ been questioned about the theft.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'has'.
Key Points
- The most appropriate answer for the given fill in blank is 'has'.
- 'Each, every, everyone, someone, somebody, nobody, none, one, any, many a, more than one' are singular in meaning.
- Therefore, after them 'singular verb, singular noun, singular adjective, and a singular pronoun' is used.
- Example:
- Each student have come.
- Each student has come.
- Each student have come.
- Example:
- Hence, the correct answer is Option 1.
Thus, the complete sentence is: Everyone in the family has been questioned about the theft.
- We tend to mark Option 4 but it would be wrong because 'been' is not with helping verb 'is'.
- Therefore, the correct answer is Option 1.
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