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Difficulty: EasySubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Complete the sentence below by supplying the correct form of the auxiliary verb 'have' to satisfy the rule of subject-verb agreement.

Answer:A large shipment of organic fruits 【has】 arrived at the central market today.

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has
The subject of the sentence is the singular head noun 'shipment'. The phrase 'of organic fruits' is a prepositional modifier and does not alter the singular nature of the subject. Therefore, the singular present-tense auxiliary verb 'has' is required.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the head noun of the complete subject phrase.
The noun phrase is 'A large shipment of organic fruits', where 'shipment' is the singular head noun.
The prepositional phrase 'of organic fruits' modifies the head noun but does not determine the grammatical number of the subject.
2
Match the head noun with the correct singular verb form.
The singular noun 'shipment' requires the singular auxiliary verb 'has'.
In English concord, a singular subject must take a singular verb regardless of any intervening plural nouns.

Key Concept

Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Prepositional Phrases
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

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