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Choose the correct answer from the brackets

One of the boys ________ absent today

Aare

Bis

Chas

Dwere

Answer:

B. is

Read Explanation:

  • The subject of the sentence is "One," which is singular, so the verb should also be singular—"is", not "are."


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