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Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The efforts of the government in providing health education and primary health centres is borne fruit.

Option 1: has borne

Option 2: no improvement

Option 3: have borne

Option 4: was bore


Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: have borne


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

Explanation: The original sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error. The subject "efforts" is plural; therefore, the verb should also be plural. The corrected verb form is "have borne", which maintains agreement with the plural subject "efforts".

The phrase "borne fruit" is an idiomatic expression meaning that the efforts have been successful and have produced positive results.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: "The efforts of the government in providing health education and primary health centers have borne fruit."

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