http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPlural+subject+tag%3aTOEFLSearch results for 'tag:Plural subject tag:TOEFL' matching tags 'Plural subject' and 'TOEFL'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3248.36859)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SeveralToeflGrammarQuestions/wrml/post.htm#39519Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:44:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:39519miriamHi again <img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" /> <br /> <br />1. "Farmers" is the right word to use: <br />"Farmers of maize, beans, and tobacco, the wendat, Native american tribes that inhabited(B) present-day Michigan, lived a sedentary life(C) in densely populated(D) villages." <br /> <br />"Farmers" refers to the wendat, the people. The wendat were farmers, they grew maize and beans in farms. I'll rewrite the sentence in a different way, it might help you see what I mean: <br /> <br />"The wendat, Native American tribes that inhabited present-day Michigan and were farmers of maize, beans, and tobacco, lived a sedentary life in densely populated villages." <br /> <br /> <br />2. "Varieties" is the right word to use, instead of "variety". The sentence states that there are more than 2,000 so the plural is necessary. You say "one variety", but "many varieties". <br />"Basic" is ok, it is an adjective modifying "mixture": a basic mixture. <br /> <br /> <br />3. Sentence A is correct: <br />"Two pieces of bread are taken to the kitchen." <br />You have a plural subject *two pieces of bread) so you need the "plural" form of "to be": "are". <br /> <br />If the sentence had been abut only one piece of bread, it would have been: <br />"One piece of bread is taken to the kitchen." <br /> <br />Miriam <br />