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This question belongs to Competitive English Grammar

Grammar

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One of students . . . . . absent today.

A) was B) were C) had D) are

Answer & Solution

Correct Answer: Option A

The sentence "One of the students was absent today" is in the past tense. The past tense form "was" is used because the action (being absent) occurred in the past relative to the time of speaking, which is today.

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John John 3 years ago

The answer "was" is correct (among the options)
Today does not always imply a present tense. The speaker could be talking
about an earlier part of 'today' which now past.

John John 3 years ago

One of the students....

Ikhlas Bhat 3 years ago

The right answer is Are because sentence about present and are will be used for students so kindly make a correction.

Habibullah Abedin 5 years ago

It is impossible to use 'was' because the sentence is in present form.

Md. Iqbal 6 years ago

How come the right answer is “was” in this sentence?
The “today” indicates that its in present tense, so “is” is supposed to be the answer.

Azom Monsur 6 years ago

I know that today always use for present form but here that is not.

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