Question

Fill in the blanks using the correct tense form:
Vitamins ____ under protective foods.
(a) Comes
(b) Come
(c) Have come
(d) Came

Answer 1

Hint: Read the sentence and try to guess what it is trying to convey. Now go through the given options and choose the one which helps in expressing the context of the given sentence and agrees with the time-structure of the sentence.

Complete answer:
A verb refers to a word that indicates the action performed by the subject. A verb has different tense forms.
We use the simple present tense to indicate facts or habits. For example- The sun rises in the east.
In the given question- We can conclude that Vitamins come under protective foods.
Here, we have used the simple present tense to denote a fact, also we can see the appropriate use of subject-verb agreement because ‘vitamins’ is a plural noun. Hence, we need to use the plural verb with it.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘Comes’ is an incorrect option because ‘comes’ is a singular verb and it is used with singular nouns.
Option b- ‘Come’ is the correct option because ‘come’ is a plural verb and it is used with plural nouns.
Option c- ‘Have come’ is an incorrect option because we do not use the present perfect tense to indicate facts.
Option d- ‘Came’ is an incorrect option because we do not use the past tense to indicate facts. The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note:
 Always remember that the verb depends on the subject and not on the object. Also, Subject-verb agreement must accord in number. Either both the subject and verb should be singular or both should be plural in number.