Question : Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
More than half the drain ______ been desilted.
Option 1: has
Option 2: was
Option 3: have
Option 4: is
Correct Answer: has
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation:
When dealing with expressions like
more than half
,
half
,
less than half
, etc., they are considered singular entities grammatically. Thus, the correct verb form that agrees with a singular subject is
has.
Has is the singular third-person form of the verb, and it correctly matches with half the drain in this sentence to indicate that the desilting action has been completed for more than half of the drain.
Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "More than half the drain has been desilted."
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