Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words arranged sequentially:
The village dairy cooperative ______ proud of its new milk-cooling plant, and two-thirds of its members ______ women.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → is, are
Subject-verb agreement with a group word and with “two-thirds of”:
- Blank 1: “Cooperative” is a group word. “Its new milk-cooling plant” shows that the group acts as one unit. So it takes a singular verb: is.
- Blank 2: After “two-thirds of”, the verb agrees with the noun that follows. “Its members” is plural, so the verb is are.
- Complete sentence: The village dairy cooperative is proud of its new milk-cooling plant, and two-thirds of its members are women.