Select the correct pair of words that complete the given sentence:
Civics ______ taught in the last period on Fridays, and either Mrs Bose or her two trainee teachers ______ in charge of the class.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → is, are
Subject-verb agreement in two parts of the sentence:
- Blank 1: “Civics” ends in -s, but it is the name of one school subject. So it is singular and takes is.
- Blank 2: With “either ... or”, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it. Here that is “her two trainee teachers”, which is plural. So the verb is are.
- Complete sentence: Civics is taught in the last period on Fridays, and either Mrs Bose or her two trainee teachers are in charge of the class.