Question

Choose the grammatically correct option from the following.

• A. “Are these gloves belonging to you?” she asked.
• B. “Does this gloves belong to you?” she asked.
• C. “Do these gloves belongs to you?” she asked.
• D. “Do these gloves belong to you?” she asked.

Hint:

“Gloves” is plural, so it needs “do” (not “does”) and the base form “belong” (not “belongs” or “belonging”).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Since “gloves” is always treated as plural in this sense, every option can be checked quickly just for subject-verb agreement and the choice between “do” and “does”.

1. Option A: Uses “are... belonging”, an unnatural continuous form for the verb “belong”, which normally describes a fixed state, not an ongoing action.
2. Option B: Pairs the singular “does” and “this” with the plural noun “gloves”, a mismatch.
3. Option C: Correctly uses “do” and “these”, but then wrongly adds an “-s” to “belong”, which should stay in its base form after “do”.
4. Option D: Uses “do these gloves belong”, matching plural subject, plural helping verb, and the correct base form of the main verb.

So the correct answer is option D.