Practice ECAT questions with answers and explanations.
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The phrase refers to one combined meal rather than two separate items.
A singular verb is therefore appropriate.
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With 'either...or,' agreement is normally with the nearer subject.
The nearer subject 'brother' is singular, so 'is' is correct.
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A measurement considered as one total amount takes a singular verb.
The entire distance is treated as one unit.
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The subject is 'One,' not 'books.'
Because 'One' is singular, the verb must be 'is.'
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In a 'there is/are' construction, the verb agrees with the following real subject.
'Reasons' is plural, so 'are' is correct.
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The head noun of the subject is 'quality,' which is singular.
The plural noun in the prepositional phrase does not control agreement.
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The expression 'more than one' normally takes a singular verb.
Therefore, 'has applied' is the standard form.
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'Many a' is followed by a singular noun and a singular verb.
Thus, 'student makes' is correct.
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'Alas!' expresses sudden emotion, especially sorrow or regret.
Such standalone emotional expressions are interjections.
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'Him' is the objective form required after the verb 'praised.'
Object pronouns receive the action of a verb.
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'Those' points out which books are meant and appears before the noun.
Demonstratives functioning before nouns are determiners.
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'Running' is an -ing form functioning as the subject of the sentence.
A verb form used as a noun is called a gerund.
