The company __ every new employee with a uniform and boots.

The company __ every new employee with a uniform and boots.

• A. provides
• B. provide
• C. providing
• D. provided

Answer: (A)

Subject-verb agreement in the present tense: The company is singular, so the verb must end with -s for the third person. The phrase “every new employee” is the object of the verb, not the subject, so it doesn’t drive the verb form. The standard construction is “The company provides someone with something,” meaning the company gives that item to the person. The other forms don’t fit: the base form would clash with a singular subject in present tense, “providing” is not a finite verb here, and “provided” would express past tense.

Subject-verb agreement in the present tense: The company is singular, so the verb must end with -s for the third person. The phrase “every new employee” is the object of the verb, not the subject, so it doesn’t drive the verb form. The standard construction is “The company provides someone with something,” meaning the company gives that item to the person. The other forms don’t fit: the base form would clash with a singular subject in present tense, “providing” is not a finite verb here, and “provided” would express past tense.