Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
The soup ___ good.
a) taste
b) tastes
c) is tasting
d) None of these

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 given to us is a verb in the singular third-person form (as ‘soup’ is singular) and is in the simple present tense (as it is the verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'taste', refers to the plural third-person form of the verb ‘taste’.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as we need the singular third-person form of the verb ‘taste’.
Option (b.), ‘tastes', refers to the singular third-person form of the verb ‘taste’ in a simple present. Therefore, option (b.) is correct.
Option (c.), ‘is tasting', refers to present continuous tense. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need a simple present tense form of the verb ‘taste’.
Option (d.), ‘none of these', is incorrect as option (b.) (tastes) is correct.

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