English Grammar - Subject Verb Agreement

English Grammar
English Grammar - Subject Verb Agreement

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank : He ............ his sister more than anyone else.


Options:

  1. love
  2. is loving
  3. was loving
  4. loves

Right Answer: loves

The subject of this sentence is 'He', a third person singular pronoun, so the verb in the simple present tense must take the inflection -s. Therefore 'loves' is the correct form. The bare form 'love' is used with plural subjects and with I, we, you and they. The forms 'is loving' and 'was loving' belong to continuous tenses, and 'love' is a stative verb of emotion which is not normally used in the continuous form. The sentence also states a permanent fact. Hence the correct answer is 'loves'.
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