Practice PPSC English questions with answers and explanations.
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'Police' is treated as a plural noun in standard English.
It therefore takes the plural verb 'are.'
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When 'every' applies to coordinated singular nouns, the idea remains distributively singular.
Therefore, 'has' is correct.
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'Information' is an uncountable singular noun.
Here 'none' means not any information, so 'is' is appropriate.
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'Scissors' is a plural-form noun and takes a plural verb.
The correct expression is 'The scissors are.'
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'Trousers' is grammatically plural even when referring to one item of clothing.
It therefore takes 'are.'
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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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'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.
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'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.
