Standard English ConventionsMediumSingular verb for a quantity of time
Standard English Conventions practice question
Ten minutes ____ not enough time to finish the test.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. isCorrect
- B. are
- C. were
- D. being
Answer: A. is
A quantity of time taken as one amount is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. are
- Plural, but the minutes form one amount.
- C. were
- Plural and past.
- D. being
- Not a finite verb.
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