Question

Complete the following sentence with the most suitable verb from the options given below:
The merit holder students ___________ by the Board last month.
a) is awarded
b) was awarded
c) are awarded
d) were awarded

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options include the answer in plural simple past tense form as ‘students’ is a plural noun and ‘last month’ indicates past tense.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'is awarded', refers to ‘is’ which is in the simple present tense.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the simple past tense and in plural form.
Option (b.), ‘was awarded', refers to ‘was’ which is a verb form for a singular noun.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the simple past tense and in plural form.
Option (c.), ‘are awarded', refers to ‘are’ which is in the simple present tense.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need the answer in the simple past tense and in plural form.
Option (d.), ‘were awarded', refers to ‘were’ which is a plural simple past tense form.
Therefore, option (d.) is correct as we need the answer in the simple past tense and in plural form.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tenses. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses - past, present, and future.