Question

Hari besides his sister's .......... (go/goes) to school by car.
Fill the verb.

Answer 1

Hari besides his sister goes to school by car.

• Here, in the given sentence we were required to fill in the blank with the correct form of verb.
• The verb "go" is used for a plural noun while the verb "goes" is used for a singular noun.
• Since, in this case we are talking about a single person, hence "goes" must be used.

Answer 2

Hari besides his sister's goes to school by car. -This is the answer.

Rectifying error:

• In the question given, we must find out the error in it and also correct it.
• When we are given a sentence to spot the mistake, we must check if there is agreement among the parts of speech in it.
• Especially, the agreement between subject and verb must be looked into.
• Here the subject seems to be 'Hari besides his sister's'.
• When we have nouns joint using 'with/ along with/ besides/ in addition to', we must always consider the noun that comes in the beginning.
• We have to give importance to the person and number of the first noun.
• In this case the first noun is 'Hari', which is a third person singular noun. So the verb must also be in the same third person singular form. The singular form of 'go' is 'goes'.
• Therefore the answer is: Hari besides his sister's goes to school by car.