Question

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

All possible means is being tried to recover the child.

• A. have
• B. will
• C. are
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is C are

Option C is the correct answer because the plural verb 'are' agrees with the plural subject 'means'.

Options A and B are incorrect because using 'have' or 'will' makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. 'is being tried' is the passive speech of the present perfect tense. Neither of the options can correctly replace the underlined word without changing the syntax of the tense.

Option D is incorrect because the singular verb 'is' does not agree with the plural subject 'means'.