Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
The headmaster ___________ to speak to you.
A) Wants
B) Is wanting
C) Was wanting
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint:Tenses use to indicate the time; it indicates the continuation or the completeness of an action. Tenses are usually displayed by the particular form of verbs. Tenses are basically of three types:- Past tense, present and future tense.

Complete answer:
The given sentence is in the simple present tense. Simple present tense indicates or refers to the action that happens continuously in the future. For example: I go to college every day.
Option A) Wants – is the correct answer because ‘wants’ is the simple present tense and it is in the third person present participle of the singular verb because of the subject verb agreement and headmaster is the singular subject. Thus, wants is the correct answer to place in the blank.
Option B) Is wanting – is an incorrect answer because ‘is wanting’ is an adjective and indicates the lacking of something. So, the use of ‘is wanting’ is an incorrect choice in the blank and it gives a grammatically incorrect answer.
Option C) Was wanting – is an incorrect answer because ‘was wanting’ indicates the past participle of the adjective and also indicates that something in the past was lacking. So. The sentence is in simple present tense, we need an answer in that form only.
Option D) None of these – this is a void option because the correct option lies in option A.
The headmaster wants to speak to you. (Option A)

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note:Subject verb agreement plays an important role in answering such questions. So first we will understand the meaning of subject verb agreement.
Subject verb agreement: If the subject is singular then the verb should also be singular. For example: He reads every day. If the subject is plural the verb is also plural. For example:- They read every day.
So, Option A is the most appropriate answer because it follows the subject verb agreement.