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Subject Verb Agreement C2 (M)
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
A recent survey shows that the number of infants being immunized every year are the highest in St. Lucia.
Option (3) is grammatically the most correct option. (1) and (5) are incorrect because the subject (the number of infants) is singular and will take a singular verb. (2) is incorrect because the helping verb (were) is plural and is in past tense. (3) is better than (4) because article ‘the’ is used before the superlative degree of adjective (highest).