Question

Choose the correct form of the verb given in the options:
'The 3 Mistakes of My Life' _______ written by Chetan Bhagat.
a) is
b) am
c) are
d) does

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. It is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence. For example- ‘She is a dancer’ has the verb ‘is’ in it.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to first identify the person in the sentence. The sentence is in a singular third-person form.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'is', refers to a form of the verb ‘be’ used to describe something singular in the third person.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct.

Option (b.), ‘am', refers to the first-person singular simple present indicative form of ‘be’.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as the sentence is in the third person.

Option (c.), ‘are', refers to the second-person singular simple present tense of ‘be’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as the sentence is plural.

Option (d.), ‘does', refers to the singular third person present tense.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as the statement “'The 3 Mistakes of My Life' written by Chetan Bhagat” does not make sense.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of the present tense. The present tense is a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. A person is a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party.