Question

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb to complete the following sentence:
He _________ (not have) enough money to meet the cost yet.
a) does not have
b) not have
c) not having
d) had not had

Answer 1

Hint: The singular and plural forms of verbs in a sentence must be grammatically correct. Example: He sings, they sing.

Complete answer : To make a sentence grammatically correct, it is important that we understand the proper usage of tenses and the subject-verb agreement in it.
The given sentence is written in simple present and the subject ‘he’ is singular. Therefore, we must use the singular form of the verb with ‘he.’

>Option a has ‘does’ which is the singular form of ‘do’ in the present tense. Hence, the right verb form that completes the sentence is ‘does not have’ and option a becomes the right answer.
>Option b is wrong as it does not have a verb in it. The singular or plural forms of ‘to do’ indicates the verb in these cases and ‘not have’ does not provide such a usage.
>Similarly, ‘not having’ in option c is also incorrect. Since ‘not having’ is in the present continuous form, we need ‘is’ in the sentence and hence, it cannot be the right usage.
>‘Had not had’ in option d is also wrong as it is in past perfect tense, while the given sentence is in present tense.

Hence option ‘c’ is the correct answer.

Note:In subject-verb agreement, we learn the concord between a singular subject and a singular verb, plural subject and plural verb. It shows how subjects and verbs must agree in numbers. .