Foundation
English
Tenses
Sentences
Tenses
Question
Fill in the blank with the correct present tense verb:
My dog Floyd, together with Buster the cat, ________ to play with money; the cat swats crumpled bills onto the floor where the dog shreds them to pieces.
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Solution
The basic rule of Subject-Verb agreement is that a singular subject takes a singular verb while a plural subject takes a plural verb. The verb must always agree with the subject of a sentence.
Option C is correct. The phrase "together with Buster the cat" is a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase never contains a subject. Thus, the subject of the sentence is the third person singular Floyd. It requires a singular verb, such as "likes".
Options A and B are incorrect. In A, "like" is plural, not singular. There is no subject-verb agreement. In B, "liked" is past tense. The question requires a present tense verb.
Option D is incorrect as the answer lies in C.