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?
- A. areCorrect
- B. is
- C. was
- 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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