Question

A crowd of people ----- shouting slogans .

( were ,are , have ,was )

Answer 1

Hey mate...

It must be was..because crowd is singular...

HOPE IT HELPS☺☺

Answer 2

In the subject-verb agreement, the subject and the verb should agree with each other in number that is singular or plural. Therefore, if the subject is plural then the verb form is plural and if the subject is singular then the verb form is singular.

For example:

The child is/are playing in the garden. (Subject, a child is singular hence, verb form will be singular.)

Books is/are kept on the table. ( Subject, books is plural, hence, the verb will be plural.)

Therefore, the above sentence would be completed as:

A crowd of people was shouting slogans.