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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

All the buses leaving between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. has been cancelled.

A

were been cancelled

B

were cancelled 

C

No substitution required

D

being cancelled

Solution

option B is the right answer.

has been cancelled should be replaced with were cancelled.

because the subject of the sentence is plural so a plural verb is needed here, hence has is incorrect.