Question

Correct the verbs in the following sentences.
1)A group of people were standing there.
2)The poet and philosopher are dead.

Can you please make it up at the moment..!​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) A group of people were stood there.

2) The poet and philosopher are death

Answer 2

Answer:

A group of people is standing there.

The poet and philosopher is dead

Explanation:

with collective nouns we use singular verb as there is 1 group of people only and in second question the word poet and philosopher refer to the same person so we use is