Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word-
That’s Helen. She _____.
a- is long hair
b- has long hair
c- have long hair
d- have hair long

Answer 1

Hint: A subject-verb agreement must accord in number. Either both the subject and verb should be singular or both should be plural in number.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, we need to look at the subject-verb agreement relationship in the above-given sentence.
Example- He has black hair. Here, we have used the third person singular verb, ‘has’ with the third person singular pronoun, ‘he’ to form subject-verb agreement.
In the given question- We are talking about Helen who has been given the possession of long hair. Similarly, the verb should also express possession. We can see the use of a third-person singular pronoun, ‘she’. Hence, we need to use a third-person singular verb.
Now, let’s look at the given options-
Option a- ‘is long hair’ is an incorrect option, because it illustrates that the subject, ‘Helen’ is being long hair.
Option b- ‘has long hair’ is the correct option, because ‘has’ is a third-person singular verb that indicates possession.
Option c- ‘have long hair’ is an incorrect option, because ‘have’ is a third-person plural verb used with plural subjects.
Option d- ‘have hair long’ is an incorrect option, because the construction of the phrase is wrong. The adjective, ‘long’ should be placed before the noun, ‘hair’.
So, the correct answer is “Option b”.

Note:
It is important to keep in mind that an adjective is always placed before the noun in a sentence or a phrase. Also, the verb depends upon the subject and not the object.