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Subject-verb agreement requires the verb to match the true subject in number and person, even when other words intervene. Questions cover collective nouns, compound subjects, indefinite pronouns, either and neither, relative clauses, quantities and inverted sentences, where proximity can falsely suggest the wrong verb.
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- A. it
- B. who
- C. is
- D. wrong
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "they", which is a plural pronoun.- The verb "are" agrees with the plural subject "they".- The original…
Correct answer: is- A. continue
- B. her study
- C. was poor
- D. her means
Explanation: D) was poor: Incorrect. The verb "was" is singular, but "means" is treated as plural in this context.
Correct answer: was poor- A. were
- B. that
- C. a lot of
- D. their parents
Explanation: The correct sentence would be: "It was the children who caused a lot of problems for their parents during the long railway journey."The…
Correct answer: were- A. are
- B. has
- C. were
- D. was
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "The sum and substance of the passage", which is a singular noun phrase.
Correct answer: was- A. is
- B. has
- C. was
- D. were
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "More men than one", which is a plural noun phrase.- The verb "were" agrees with the plural subject…
Correct answer: were- A. There has been a number of cases of diphtheria in the area.
- B. There have been the number of cases of diphtheria in the area.
- C. There was a number of cases of diphtheria in the area.
- D. There were a number of cases of diphtheria in the area
Explanation: "There were" is the correct phrase to use when referring to a past time frame, indicating that multiple cases of diphtheria existed in the…
Correct answer: There were a number of cases of diphtheria in the area- A. China, together with other civilizations, was to suffered a sharp Western impact.
- B. China, together with other civilizations, were suffered a sharp Western impact.
- C. China, together with other civilizations, have suffered a sharp Western impact.
- D. China, together with other civilizations, has suffered a sharp Western impact.
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "China", which is a singular noun.- The phrase "together with other civilizations" is a prepositional…
Correct answer: China, together with other civilizations, has suffered a sharp Western impact.- A. A variety of books on the subject are available in the market.
- B. A variety of books on the subject is available in the market.
- C. A variety of books on the subject was available in the market.
- D. A variety of books on the subject have available in the market.
Explanation: - The subject of the sentence is "A variety of books", which is a singular noun phrase, but it refers to a collection of multiple books.-…
Correct answer: A variety of books on the subject are available in the market.- A. The economics behind their policies was unreasonable.
- B. The economics behind their policies are unreasonable.
- C. The economics behind their policies is unreasonable.
- D. The economics behind their policies has unreasonable.
Explanation: C) The economics behind their policies is unreasonable: Correct. "Economics" is a singular noun when referring to the field or the subject…
Correct answer: The economics behind their policies is unreasonable.- A. The english man thinks that he and his country are best.
- B. The English man think that he and his country are the best.
- C. The English man thinks that he and his country are the best.
- D. The English man think that he, and his country, are best.
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "The English man", which is a singular noun.- The verb "thinks" agrees with the singular subject…
Correct answer: The English man thinks that he and his country are the best.- A. Neither his representatives nor the President were to attend the meeting.
- B. Neither the President nor his representatives was to attend the meeting.
- C. Neither his representatives nor the President are to attend the meeting.
- D. Neither the President nor his representatives are to attend the meeting.
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "Neither...nor", which is a correlative conjunction that connects two nouns: "the President" and "his…
Correct answer: Neither the President nor his representatives are to attend the meeting.- A. The majority of primary school teachers are women.
- B. The majority of primary school teachers is women.
- C. The majority of primary school teachers was women.
- D. A majority of primary school teachers was women
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "The majority of primary school teachers", which is a singular noun phrase that refers to a group of…
Correct answer: The majority of primary school teachers are women.- A. Each of Susan's colleagues have sent her a personal letter of support.
- B. Each of Susan's colleagues has sent her a personal letter of support.
- C. Each of Susan's colleagues were sent her a personal letter of support
- D. Each of Susan's colleagues are sent her a personal letter of support.
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "Each", which is a singular pronoun that refers to individual colleagues.- The verb "has" agrees with the…
Correct answer: Each of Susan's colleagues has sent her a personal letter of support.- A. Every word and every line in the poems of Wordsworth sing about the blessings of nature
- B. Every word and every line in the poems of Wordsworth have sung about the blessings of nature
- C. Every word and every line the poems of Wordsworth sings about the blessings of nature
- D. . Every word and every line in the poems of Wordsworth were sung about the blessings of nature
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "Every word and every line", which is a singular noun phrase, where "every" is a distributive adjective…
Correct answer: Every word and every line the poems of Wordsworth sings about the blessings of nature- A. Mr. Shan, with his family together goes to England.
- B. Mr. Shan, together with his family, goes to England
- C. Mr. Shan, together with his family, go to England
- D. Mr. Shan with his family, go to England together
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is "Mr. Shan", who is the main person performing the action of going to England.- The phrase "together with…
Correct answer: Mr. Shan, together with his family, goes to England- A. He is a scientist
- B. but out of
- C. his three sons
- D. neither have become scientists
Explanation: The error in the original sentence lies in the phrase 'neither have become scientists.' The word 'neither' indicates a singular subject…
Correct answer: neither have become scientists- A. Neither
- B. nor
- C. are
- D. to begin
Explanation: In the sentence, 'Neither...nor' connects two singular subjects: 'the midlife career applicant' and 'the young, inexperienced applicant'.
Correct answer: are- A. has
- B. have
- C. had
- D. have been
Explanation: "Has" is the correct answer because it agrees with the singular subject "weather." In this sentence, "never" is used as an adverb of time…
Correct answer: has- A. There were a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery.
- B. There was a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery.
- C. There have a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery.
- D. There is a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery.
Explanation: The correct answer is Option B: 'There was a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery.' In this…
Correct answer: There was a doctor and a crew of nurses in the emergency room with me during my surgery.- A. Neither the teacher nor the students like grammar
- B. Neither the teacher nor the students likes grammar
- C. Either the students nor the teacher likes grammar
- D. Neither the teacher nor the students like grammars
Explanation: The correct answer is Neither the teacher nor the students like grammar because the subject 'students' is closest to the verb and is…
Correct answer: Neither the teacher nor the students like grammar