Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
_________________ been made?

• A. Have the arrangements
• B. The urgent steps
• C. When the invitations
• D. A good salary was

Answer 1

The correct option is A Have the arrangements

The given sentence is a question. The first part of the sentence will follow the interrogative form. The verb 'been' is an auxiliary and the missing verb will be 'have', because 'have been' is a set verb form that expresses the present perfect tense.

Option A: 'Have the arrangements' is the most suitable option because of the verb 'have', that completes the verb form 'have... been'. Also, questions usually begin with a verb.

Hence option A is correct.

Options B and D: These parts 'the urgent steps' and 'a good salary was' begin a statement. They declare something.

'The urgent steps' is a subject and does not contain a main verb that would complement the helping verb 'been'.

'A good salary was' does not complete a question.

Hence these options are wrong.

Option C: 'When the invitations' also does not contain a main verb that would complete the auxiliary/helping verb 'been'. Hence C is wrong.