Question

Five rupees - an excessive price for this pen-knife.

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Answer 1

Answer:

Nope it is very expensive

I get pen and knife for only 1$

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer will be -

Five rupees is an excessive price for this pen-knife.

Explanation:

• To use the correct verb form, we should always follow the rules of subject-verb agreement.
• Subject-verb agreement decides whether a subject is singular or plural.
• If the subject is considered to be singular then it will take singular verb.
• If the subject is considered to be plural, then it will take plural verb.
• Unit of currency or distance is always considered to be singular, thus it will always take singular verb.
• Thus here "five rupees" is considered to be singular.
• Though the word "rupees" is in plural form, it will always take singular verb.
• If the sentence is in present tense, the singular verbs will be - "is".
• If the sentence is in past tense, the singular verb will be - "was".
• Here the given sentence is considered to be in present tense, thus it will take the singular verb "is".

Thus the correct answer will be-

Five rupees is an excessive price for this pen-knife.

To know more about subject-verb agreement, follow the given links-

1. brainly.in/question/10037241
2. brainly.in/question/5530979