Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it.
The road to the village have been repaired after the monsoon.
Answer: B
Correct answer: has been repaired
The subject is the road, singular, so the verb must be singular: has been repaired. The plural village immediately before the verb is part of the prepositional phrase to the village and cannot be the subject. The construction is also passive, since the road receives the action rather than performing it, which requires the auxiliary be with the past participle: has been repaired. Has repaired and have repaired are active and would make the road the repairer. Are being repaired is both plural and in the wrong tense, describing work still in progress rather than completed after the monsoon. The general rule is worth fixing: find the true subject by stripping out every prepositional phrase, then decide the number of the verb from what remains.
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