Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) She and her sister has stopped coming to school due to financial constraints.
(B) The rest of the students have left for their homes.
(C) A lot of work is yet to be done.
(D) Four miles are not a long distance.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B) and (C) only
Subject-verb agreement:
- Two subjects joined by and make a plural subject: She and her sister have.
- The rest of and a lot of take the number of the noun after them:
- plural noun → plural verb: the rest of the students have;
- uncountable noun → singular verb: a lot of work is.
- A distance, amount or period taken as one unit takes a singular verb, even when the noun is plural.
Example: Ten kilometres is a long way to walk.
(A) She and her sister has stopped coming to school due to financial constraints. — Incorrect. "She and her sister" is plural, so "has" should be "have".
Correct form: She and her sister have stopped coming to school due to financial constraints.
(B) The rest of the students have left for their homes. — Correct. "Students" is plural, so "have" is right.
(C) A lot of work is yet to be done. — Correct. "Work" is uncountable, so the singular "is" is right.
(D) Four miles are not a long distance. — Incorrect. "Four miles" is one distance taken as a unit, so "are" should be "is".
Correct form: Four miles is not a long distance.