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(#M40031060) ELITMUS Verbal Ability question verbal Keep an EYE

Q. either you or he ____ late for class.

Option
a) was
b) were
c) has been
d) are

Asked In Elitmus Venkatesh (10 years ago)

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shreya sagar  (10 years ago)

ans:(c)was
reason:first of all,it can't be were or are because with either or,always a singular tense will be used.
Now,among "was" and "has been","was" is the ans because the particular event(late to class) happened at some particular time,and does not continue up till now.

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N Arun Singh  (10 years ago)

with either in question ..ans was

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Pravesh Humane  (9 years ago)

either you or he WAS late
either he or you WERE late
it takes the form depending upon the nearest noun...confirm answer!
try saying it aloud...it sounds grammatically correct..

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supriya k  (9 years ago)

can anyone suggest me.. which book i should refer for eng vocabulary....or any website.

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MEENA KUMARI  (10 years ago)

either you or he was late for class

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senaritra Das  (10 years ago)

was is the ans,but basically after you we should write were/are

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sravani  (10 years ago)

i think "has been" because "for" comes for perfect or continues tense.

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priya saxena  (10 years ago)

has been bcoz was will cum in past tense sentce seems to be present den were cant be used bcoz plural as well as past we cant use are with he bcoz are represents plural and he represents singular hence option left is (has been).

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RAHUL KUMAR  (10 years ago)

were

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shanthan Rajiv   (9 years ago)

for You , first preferred were.

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Ushdeep  (9 years ago)

a)was
Because it's one person who is late for class.

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Ashutosh Nilesh Ujwala Patkar  (10 years ago)

ans is was

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Preety Gupta  (10 years ago)

was as eighter is there in question

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nikhil gupta  (10 years ago)

ans: was
bcoz with either or neither....verb depends on person after 'OR'...

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AYAN SARKAR  (10 years ago)

either you or he was late for class

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Vijay Singh Adhikari  (10 years ago)

he was late

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DEEPAK KUMAR CHAURASIA  (10 years ago)

either you or he was late for class.
correct ans (a)was

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Ankit Sharma  (10 years ago)

'was' is right

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Saidinesh  (10 years ago)

Was is right answer

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swetha reddy  (10 years ago)

"was" is the answer

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MAYURA K  (10 years ago)

a)was
either indicates one among two.

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sweta singh  (10 years ago)

ans will be option (c)

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Arka Dyuti Boral  (10 years ago)

was, either you or he was late for class

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Liti  (9 years ago)

a) was , either you or he was late for class

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pooja kushwaha  (9 years ago)

was.....
b and c option is not correct bocoz it is a singular subject used in sentence.has been cant be used because the action is in process

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Naveen Kumar  (9 years ago)

ans a) was

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Ravinder kumar  (9 years ago)

a)was......If or,either....or and neither...nor are present in sentence then always use helping verb according to the subject nearest the verb...in this case he is nearest the verb late...so was should be used to agree the subject with verb...

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Ravinder kumar  (9 years ago)

a)was......If or,either....or and neither...nor are present in sentence then always use helping verb according to the subject nearest the verb...in this case he is nearest the verb late...so was should be used to agree the subject with verb...

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ADITYA ABHISHEK  (9 years ago)

100% was as it is referring the single one

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swati priya  (9 years ago)

either you or he was late for class

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Mayank  (9 years ago)

answer is:are

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dipeshshaw  (9 years ago)

a)was....its in the past and single person is denoted by either

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Digesh Singh Bisht  (1 year ago)

either you or he was late for class

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