Question

From the kitchen ____. the smell of chicken being fried. The options are 1)came 2)comes 3)was coming 4)none of these.

Answer 1

Hi there. Let's figure this out. 

All 3 are correct. Here's why: 

1. Reword/ Rephrase the sentence and isolate the prepositional phrase, "of chicken." 
"The smell  ____ from the kitchen." 

2. Insert each option and see which verb form is correct. 
"The smell came from the kitchen." 
"The smell comes from the kitchen." 
"The smell was coming from the kitchen." 

3. Replace 'the smell' with a pronoun. 
"It came from the kitchen." 
"It comes from the kitchen." 
"It was coming from the kitchen." 

So my friend, technically they all are correct because past, present, or future instances aren't specified in the sentence you've provided. All of the above would be the correct answer. But if you have to pick one, I'd go with, "From the kitchen came the smell of chicken being fried." 

-Azriella

Answer 2

It seems to me that all three are correct.