Digital SATReading and Writing: Standard English ConventionsEasy
An architect's preliminary sketches, often characterized by their fluid lines and exploratory forms, ______ a crucial stage in the design process, allowing for the rapid generation and evaluation of diverse spatial ideas.
- Ais representing
- Bhas represented
- Crepresents
- Drepresent
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: D. represent
The subject of the sentence is 'sketches,' which is plural. Therefore, the plural verb 'represent' is required to maintain subject-verb agreement.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. This is a singular present progressive form and does not agree with the plural subject 'sketches'.
- B. This is a singular present perfect form and does not agree with the plural subject 'sketches'.
- C. This is a singular verb form and does not agree with the plural subject 'sketches'.
Subject-Verb Agreement
The principle that the verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural) with its subject.
- Singular subjects take singular verbs.
- Plural subjects take plural verbs.
- Compound subjects joined by 'and' are usually plural.
Memory trick: Subjects and verbs must always agree, like two friends on a spree!