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Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumVerb agreeing with recipes

Standard English Conventions practice question

The recipes in this book ____ easy to follow and quick to make.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. areCorrect
  2. B. is
  3. C. was
  4. D. has been

Answer: A. are

The subject is recipes, plural; book is inside a phrase.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. is
Agrees with book.
C. was
Singular and past.
D. has been
Singular.

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