Foundation
English
Verb
Tenses
Sentences
Question
Complete the following sentence with the most suitable option:
Many books _________ by the city library every year.
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Solution
Verbs are words used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. Different forms of verbs are used with different forms of subject present in the sentence. This is known as subject verb agreement. In this sentence we would be understanding this usage. The rule states that when the subject is plural the verb should also be plural.
"is" is a singular verb
"are" is the plural verb. It is the correct answer
"was" is again the singular verb
"were" is a plural verb but only used in case of past tense. This particular sentence is not in the past tense as it describes a situation happening every year. It is the wrong answer
Option B is correct.