Choose the most appropriate verb to fill in the blank in the following sentence:-
Either Savita or her daughter _____ made this delicious pudding.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → has
The most appropriate verb to fill in the blank is has.
This is a subject-verb agreement question involving the correlative conjunction "Either... or..."
The rule is: When two subjects are joined by "either... or...", the verb agrees with the subject nearest to it.
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Sentence: Either Savita or her daughter _____ made this delicious pudding.
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Subjects: "Savita" (singular) and "her daughter" (singular).
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Nearest Subject to the verb: "her daughter" (singular).
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Tense: The main verb "made" suggests a perfect tense structure (Auxiliary verb + Past Participle).
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Required Verb: The singular auxiliary verb for the perfect tense is has.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "Either Savita or her daughter has made this delicious pudding."