Grammatical Subjects - Different Types

True or False: Grammatical Subjects can be singular or plural.

• True

• False

Is the Subject of the following sentence singular or plural? "All my friends are astrophysicists."

• Singular

• Plural

Is the Subject of the following sentence singular or plural? The southern part of the country is windswept and bitterly cold.

• Singular

• Plural

Is the Subject of the following sentence singular or plural? "The mother of the two boys was unavailable for comment."

• Singular

• Plural

Is the Subject of the following sentence singular or plural? "The authors of the book were thrilled by the news."

• Singular

• Plural

Is the Subject of the following sentence grammatically singular or plural? "Everyone is optimistic about the next summit."

• Singular

• Plural

If the Subject is an/one uncountable noun, should the verb conjugation be singular or plural? eg. "Pollution ...... increasing."

• Singular

• Plural

If the Subject includes two or more uncountable nouns, should the verb conjugation be singular or plural? Eg. Water and vegetation ........ scarce in the arid north of Chile.

• Singular

• Plural

Which option is grammatically correct to complete the following sentence? "Wheat flour ........ becoming increasingly expensive."

• is

• are

• will

Which option is grammatically correct to complete the following sentence? "Taiwan and Japan ............. uneasy about China's threatening rhetoric."

• is

• are

• being