Question

Okaay I am super confused and my mind is exploding

There ___ a lot of pressure on the players
( was / were)

Please say the answer and explain since in my book its given was but players are plural so shouldnt it be a plural verb? Please help meh

Answer 1

There was a lot of pressure on the players.

Explanation:

it's was because of subject verb agreement which means that the verb and the subject has made a deal that when the subject is plural the verb will be singular and when the subject is singular the verb will be plural Hope it helps you

Answer 2

ANSWER:-

was

EXPLANATION:-

Yes you're correct, "players" is plural but here in this question, the word "pressure", which is singular, is to be treated as the subject because we're discussing about the "pressure" in this question, not the "players". Therefore the answer will be "was".