Question

Making up stories are one of the chief ways a child learns to develop critical thinking skills.
A.Making up stories are one of the chief ways
B.Making up stories are one of the chief way's
C. Making up, stories are one of the chief ways
D. Making up stories is one of the chief ways
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Answer 1

Option D is correct  

Making up stories is one of the chief ways

Explanation:

• ​ Making up stories is one of the chief ways a child learns to develop critical thinking skills
• In all options, plural helping verb is used which is not correct
• "Making up stories" is acting here as a single subject and should be followed by single helping verb .

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Answer 2

Making up stories is one of the chief ways.

Option (D) is correct.

Explanation:

• Incorrect sentence:
• Making up stories are one of the chief ways a child learns to develop critical thinking skills.
• The correct statement is:
• Making up stories is one of the chief ways.
• The art or skill that is "making up" refers to a singular noun.
• Therefore when the noun is singular then the helping verb "is" is used with singular nouns.