Question

Fill in the blank with the plural of the noun given in brackets.
The (student)__________ are doing the exercise now.

a) Student
b) Students
c) Student’s
d) Students’

Answer 1

Hint: The apostrophe has two uses: to show possession and to indicate the omission of letters, words, or numbers.
The plural form of the given word should be used to fill in the blank.

Complete answer:

Option a ‘Student’ is incorrect. It is not the plural of ‘Student’ and it does not agree with the verb succeeding it because ‘are’ is used with plural forms of the subject.
Option b ‘Students’ is correct. It is the plural of ‘Student’ and it agrees with the verb succeeding it because ‘are’ is used with plural forms of the subject.
Option c ‘Student’s’ is incorrect. It is not the plural of ‘Student’. On the other hand, it does not agree with the succeeding verb because ‘are’ is used with plural forms of the subject. It shows the possession of one student.
Option d ‘Students’ is incorrect. It is not the plural of ‘Student’. It does not agree with the verb succeeding itself because ‘are’ is used with the plural of the subject. It shows possession of more than one student.

Note: Keep in mind the subject-verb agreement as it is very necessary and is the core part of grammar.