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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the highlighted segment in the given sentence. The door which connecting the two offices
Question

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the highlighted segment in the given sentence.
The door which connecting the two offices is kept locked.

A.

connects

B.

does connecting

C.

can connecting

D.

has connecting

Correct option is A

The correct substitution of the highlighted words is (a) connects.
Explanation: The subject The door is singular and needs a finite verb in the simple present to state a general fact: The door connects the two offices.
The highlighted segment which connecting is ungrammatical: after which (a relative pronoun), we need a finite verb ( which connects), not a participle ( connecting).
Since the options don’t offer which connects, we rewrite the sentence without the relative pronoun and use the simple present verb connects, which is concise and correct.
Grammatical rule used: Use simple present for general truths/functions; in relative clauses, the relative pronoun is followed by a finite verb ( which + V-s/V2/etc.). A reduced relative clause may use the -ing form without which:
The door connecting the two offices…
Example: The bridge connects the island to the mainland.
Information booster: Reduced relatives: The students sitting in the front row… (= who are sitting…). But if you keep which/who, use a finite verb: which sit / sits , not which sitting.

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