Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumAgreement with 'a pair of'
Standard English Conventions practice question
A pair of swans ____ on the lake every spring.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. nestsCorrect
- B. nest
- C. nesting
- D. have nested
Answer: A. nests
'A pair' is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. nest
- Plural, agreeing with 'swans'.
- C. nesting
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have nested
- Plural auxiliary.
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