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Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • An important file, along with two uniforms, are missing from the police station.
  • A important file, along with two uniforms, is missed from the police station.
  • An important files, along with two uniforms, are missing from the police station.
  • An important file, along with two uniforms, is missing from the police station.
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

The trick in this sentence is to mentally remove the phrase set off by commas and see what subject and verb are left underneath.

Taking out "along with two uniforms" leaves the core sentence: "An important file... is missing from the police station." Phrases introduced by words like "along with," "as well as," or "together with" add extra information but never change the number of the main subject. Since "file" is singular, the verb has to stay singular too: "is missing," not "are missing," no matter how many uniforms are mentioned in between.

Separately, check the article before "file." The word starts with the consonant sound "f," said as "eff," which is a vowel sound at the start when spoken, so it actually takes "an," not "a." Native pronunciation, not spelling, decides the article here.

Combining both checks, the sentence needs "an" before "file" and the singular verb "is missing" left untouched by the inserted phrase.

So, the correct answer is An important file, along with two uniforms, is missing from the police station.

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Approach Solution -2

Reading these four sentences aloud, one after the other, brings out a different snag in three of them.

  1. Option A: "An important file, along with two uniforms, are missing from the police station." Said aloud, this one flows fine until "are missing," which suddenly sounds like it is talking about the uniforms too, when really the sentence is only making a statement about the file, with the uniforms mentioned in passing.
  2. Option B: "A important file, along with two uniforms, is missed from the police station." Spoken out loud, "a important" catches the ear right at the start, since "important" begins with a vowel sound that naturally wants "an" before it. Further along, "is missed" also sounds slightly off, as though someone specifically took the file, rather than it simply being gone.
  3. Option C: "An important files, along with two uniforms, are missing from the police station." Reading this aloud, "an important files" sounds wrong almost immediately, since "an" signals one single thing is coming, but "files" sounds like more than one.
  4. Option D: "An important file, along with two uniforms, is missing from the police station." Read start to finish, this sentence sounds smooth and natural, with the article, the noun, and the verb all matching up without any hitch.

Each of the other three readings snags at a different point, leaving one version that sounds completely natural from beginning to end.

So, the correct answer is An important file, along with two uniforms, is missing from the police station.

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