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Difficulty: EasySubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Which verb form correctly completes the sentence below to maintain proper subject-verb agreement?

Answer:The bundle of missing documents 【was】 found near the main entrance yesterday.

Answer

was
The grammatical subject of the sentence is the singular noun 'bundle'. The intervening prepositional phrase 'of missing documents' does not alter the number of the subject. Given the past-time marker 'yesterday', the singular verb 'was' correctly maintains subject-verb concord.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the head noun of the subject phrase.
In the phrase 'The bundle of missing documents', the head noun is the singular noun 'bundle'. The phrase 'of missing documents' is a prepositional modifier.
Subject-verb concord is governed by the head noun of the subject phrase, not by nouns appearing inside prepositional modifiers.
2
Select the appropriate singular verb form in the past tense.
Because 'bundle' is singular and the sentence specifies an event that took place 'yesterday', the singular past tense verb 'was' is required.
A singular grammatical subject must agree with a singular verb form.

Key Concept

Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Prepositional Phrases
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

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