Q7. IN BRACKET IS THE ANSWER.WHICH is the correct verb in each of the sentences below. ( 3.5)
1. Many early Hollywood musicals, such as Top Hat, (A)the dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
(A) Feature
(B) Features
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2. Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture, as well as his buildings, (B) his fluid, uncluttered sense of design.
(A) reflect
(B) reflects
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3. The soil material formed by the slow decay of plants in swamps and bogs(A) called peat.
(A) is
(B) are
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4. At the band contest, everyone in the marching bands (A) perfectly, or else points are deducted from the score.
(A) march
(B) marches
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5. None of the library books I need for this research paper on the French Revolution (B)available at the moment.
(A) is
(B) are
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6. Here (A) Denise, the girl who signed my yearbook "To a sweet peach from someone who's a little bananas."
(A) comes
(B) Come
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7. Many an actor (B)to play Hamlet, a role that never fails to inspire new interpretations.
(A) long
(B) longs
2, 4, 5 are wrong.
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To determine the correct verb in each sentence, we need to consider subject-verb agreement. In each sentence, we need to choose the verb that agrees in number with its subject.
1. The subject is "Many early Hollywood musicals," which is plural. The correct verb is (B) Features, as it agrees with the plural subject.
2. The subject is "Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture, as well as his buildings," which is singular. The correct verb is (B) reflects, as it agrees with the singular subject.
3. The subject is "The soil material formed by the slow decay of plants in swamps and bogs," which is singular. The correct verb is (A) is, as it agrees with the singular subject.
4. The subject is "everyone in the marching bands," which is plural. The correct verb is (A) march, as it agrees with the plural subject.
5. The subject is "None of the library books I need for this research paper on the French Revolution," which is plural. The correct verb is (B) are, as it agrees with the plural subject.
6. The subject is "Here," which is singular. The correct verb is (A) comes, as it agrees with the singular subject.
7. The subject is "Many an actor," which is singular. The correct verb is (B) longs, as it agrees with the singular subject.
To determine the correct verb in each sentence, you need to identify the subject and determine if it is singular or plural. Then, choose the verb that agrees in number with the subject.