B. Circle the verb that agrees with the Subject.
1. Mumps (is-are) one of the most uncomfortable diseases.
2. One hundred Rupees (is-are) not a lot of money to some people.
3. Twenty minutes (is-are) the amount of time it takes me to get home from work.
4. A pound of cookies (cost-costs) about a dollar.
5. Interesting news (is-are) what sells our paper.
Answers
Answer:
1- is
2-is
3- is
4- costs
5-is
Explanation:
4. the sentence is talking about 'a pound '
and not about the cookies
The cookies come under the pound and pound is singular.
so costs will come.
read it again you'll understand.
hope it helps
AnswEr :-
The bold words are correct :-
1. Mumps (is-are) one of the most uncomfortable diseases.
⇒ Mumps is one of the most uncomfortable diseases.
2. One hundred Rupees (is-are) not a lot of money to some people.
⇒ One hundred Rupees is not a lot of money to some people.
3. Twenty minutes (is-are) the amount of time it takes me to get home from work.
⇒ Twenty minutes is the amount of time it takes me to get home from work.
4. A pound of cookies (cost-costs) about a dollar.
⇒ A pound of cookies costs about a dollar.
5. Interesting news (is-are) what sells our paper.
⇒ Interesting news is what sells our paper.
Subject verb agreement
It means the subject and verb must agree in number. This means both need to be singular or both need to be plural.
RULE 1 : The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural.
RULE 2 : The number of the subject (singular or plural) is not changed by words(or a phrase) that come in between the subject and the verb.