Questão 5219866

• Banca: FURB
• Órgão: Prefeitura de Guabiruba - SC
• Ano: 2019
• Provas: FURB - 2019 - Prefeitura de Guabiruba - SC - Professor ACT - Língua Inglesa
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing

Which sequence represents the correct use of subject and verb agreement for the sentence below:

I- The United Nations was founded in 1945.

II- Politics is a subject taught in all schools.

III- A number of teenagers is playing on the playground.

IV- The number of people who own cars is increasing.

V- Neither his brother nor his sister work in the hospital.

• A. F – T – T – F – F.
• B. T – T – T – F – T.
• C. T – T – F – T – F.
• D. T – F – F – T – T.
• E. T – T – F – T – T.

Gabarito: C

Comentários

• c-

  The expression "a number of x" (e.g.: a number of people, a number of cormorants, a number of gromlets etc) is always followed by a verb in its plural form, stressing out the set rather than the singular unit "a number".

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  When neither and nor link singular terms, the verb is singular: Neither the car nor the truck is available. When neither and nor link a singular term and a plural one, put the plural term second and use a plural verb: Neither the car nor the trucks are available.

  https://archives.cjr.org/language_corner/either_wins.php