Choose the correct subject verb agreement for the following 2 sentences: The football players at the end of the field (is/are) practicing for Friday’s game. The coach for the school’s Varsity and Junior Varsity teams (has/have) the best winning record in the state.
The football players at the end of the field are practicing for Friday’s game.
The coach for the school’s Varsity and Junior Varsity teams has the best winning record in the state.
Subject-verb agreement means that the subject of a sentence should agree in number (singular or plural) with the verb.
For the first sentence, "The football players at the end of the field" is a plural subject because it refers to multiple players. Therefore, the correct verb choice is "are."
Correct sentence: The football players at the end of the field are practicing for Friday’s game.
For the second sentence, "The coach for the school’s Varsity and Junior Varsity teams" is a singular subject because it refers to one coach. Therefore, the correct verb choice is "has."
Correct sentence: The coach for the school’s Varsity and Junior Varsity teams has the best winning record in the state.
To choose the correct subject-verb agreement for the two sentences, we need to consider the subject of each sentence and whether it is singular or plural.
1. The football players at the end of the field (is/are) practicing for Friday's game.
In this sentence, the subject is "the football players," which is plural. Therefore, we need to use the plural form of the verb. The correct option is "are".
Correct: The football players at the end of the field are practicing for Friday's game.
2. The coach for the school's Varsity and Junior Varsity teams (has/have) the best winning record in the state.
In this sentence, the subject is "the coach for the school's Varsity and Junior Varsity teams." Here, the subject is singular, even though it refers to multiple teams. Therefore, we use the singular form of the verb. The correct option is "has".
Correct: The coach for the school's Varsity and Junior Varsity teams has the best winning record in the state.