Question

Complete the sentence with correct option:
Mani along with his friends, ________________ for basketball practice every morning.
A) Were going
B) Are going
C) Goes
D)Go

Answer 1

Hint:Tenses demonstrates the time of an action in a sentence usually performed by or centred on the subject. Verb changes according to tenses. When the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular. The same goes for plural subjects and verbs. This is called subject-verb agreement.
Example: He studies every day (Simple present tense). The politician along with the journalist is expected tomorrow (here the politician is only the subject which is singular and along with is a phrase which does not behave as conjunction in this sentence).

Complete answer:
A. Were going – This is past continuous tense but the given statement is an everyday occurring event i.e. Present tense. Hence this is not the correct option.
B. Are going- This is present continuous tense but the given statement doesn’t have the continuous aspect. Hence it’s not the correct option
C. Goes - This verb form is used for a singular person thus it’s a singular verb phrase. Mani is “singular”, so the verb will also be singular. Hence it’s the correct option.
D. Go- This is used for plural subjects. Hence this is not the correct answer.

Hence option ‘C’ is the correct answer.

Note:The phrase 'along with his friends' is an adjunct, or an addition. (It is not a significant part of the sentence; hence it does not decide whether the verb will be singular or plural.