Question

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word, in order to make subject and verb agree.
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1. Somebody ______ (has/have) left her purse here.
2. My glasses ________ (is, are) on the bed! I’ve been looking for ______ (it/them) everywhere!
3. Two-fifths of the vineyard _______ (was/were) destroyed by fire.
4. It was the speaker, not his ideas, that _____ (has/have) provoked the people to riot.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Somebody has left her purse here.
2. My glasses are on the bed! I have been looking for them everywhere.
3. Two-fifths of the vineyard was destroyed by fire.
4. It was the speaker, not his ideas that has provoked the people to riot.

Explanation:

The agreement is an eminent part of grammar as it helps to construct a sentence properly. The agreement is also said to be concord. Its main work is to align the main verb with the subject of that particular sentence. In simpler words, if there's a single subject then the verb applied in the sentence will also be single.

For example, in the abovementioned examples, in the first sentence, we used a singular verb "has" as it had to align with the subject "somebody".

Answer 2

Answer:

has

are, them

was

has

Explanation:

Agreement means that sentence parts match. Subjects must agree with verbs, and pronouns must agree with antecedents. Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs

1. Somebody has left her purse here.

  ( subject is somebody which is singular so has is used)

2. My glasses are on the bed! I’ve been looking for them everywhere!

   ( subject is glasses which is plural so verb will be are and pronoun will    be them )

3. Two-fifths of the vineyard was destroyed by fire.

      ( here two fifths is acting as singular therefore was is used)

4. It was the speaker, not his ideas, that has provoked the people to riot.

 ( here subject is speaker which is singular therefore has is used )