DXC Technologies Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 1

It will be Lend as sentence is about money so here as follows to first part of the sentence it is So I had to lend her some money.

It will be Renounce as it mean reject, as follows to first part of the sentence so it is Daenerys told john that he can't renounce on it.

It will be extinct as it means lost or less as here mentioned about tiger so due to very bad situation they are now very less in number and lost.

It will be optimistic as it means positive attitude or confident, so here mentioned about Ronak's bad studies but still his mother is considering and confident he is going good.

It will be runs as the sentence is in simple present tense.

Words such as athletics, economics, measles and news are usually SINGULAR, despite their plural form.

Occasionally, a collective noun is treated as plural to draw attention to the INDIVIDUAL members of the group

Here we have used the word 'both' which is plural so the first blank will be filled with a plural verb 'were'. the second blank will take a singular verb because it is followed by a singular subject 'match;. hence it will take 'was'.

'Politics,' in this case, is one thing, so we need a singular verb.

are is the correct form to be used in case of plural subject.