Given below is a sentence that may or may not be grammatically correct, choose the most suitable alternative that makes the sentence grammatically correct. If the highlighted sentence does not require any corrections, choose option (5) as your answer choice.
The acute water shortages has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks.
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The acute water shortage are forcing the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks.
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The acute water shortage is forceing the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks.
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The acute water shortage had forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks.
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The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks.
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No correction required.