Question

Nobody will leave the hall if the policemen ________ (not allow - correct form of the verbs). Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

Answer 1

Hint: Verbs have historically been defined as words that explain the state of being or behaviour. By their place in a sentence, verbs may also often be recognized.

Complete answer:
A verb, meaning word, from the Latin verbum, is a word (part of speech) that conveys an action, an event, or a state of being in syntax. The basic form is the infinitive verb in the normal definition of English, without or with the ‘to’ particle. Verbs are inflected in many languages to encode voice, mood, tense and aspect. Verbs of tenses: present, to demonstrate that some event is taking place; past, to suggest that some events are already over; future, to indicate that events will take place.

Now, let us take a look at the given sentence. Here, the action of the sentence is not in the past. Rather it is happening at the moment. ‘Do’ and ‘does’ are the forms of ‘did’. These two forms are used in present tense, while ‘did’ is used in past tense. As the action is taking place in the present, did is definitely not the correct answer here. Now, we are left with ‘do’ and ‘does’. ‘Do’ is used in both first and second person singular and plural along with third person plural. While ‘does’ is used only in third person singular form. Here, the sentence is in third person plural form.

Hence the correct answer is ‘DON’T ALLOW’.

Note: Before answering the questions, identify the elements of the sentence in which it is written i.e. person, number. Also, look at the tense in which it is written.