When deciding whether to use is or are, look at whether the noun is plural or singular. If the noun is singular, use is. If it is plural or there is more than one noun, use are. The cat is eating all of his food.
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What are is and are?
Both is and are are forms of the linking verb to be. You can tell which form to use based on the noun performing the verb. Singular nouns use is, while plural nouns use are. When you use the correct form of a verb that matches your subject, that’s called subject-verb agreement.
How much is or are?
You would use the plural with plural nouns and the singular with singular nouns. If asking about a particular pen: How much is the pen? It is three dollars.
How many is or are?
“How many” is usually used with plurals, that’s why we use “are“.
When to use was or is?
The simple rule is that “is” is present tense and “was” is past tense. If it’s happening now, you use “is”. If it happened in the past, you use “was”.
Is or are in a list?
The correct choice is “are” because you have a list of multiple things.
Are in a sentence?
Are sentence example. What time are we going to leave tomorrow? These are my other two daughters, Dulce and Alondra. There are bears near by.
How much is in Example?
5 She wouldn’t tell me how much it cost – not that I was really interested. 6 I shudder to think how much this is all going to cost . 7 It is very moving to see how much strangers can care for each other. 8 When we know how much is profit, then we can apportion the money among/between us.
How many is many?
Many is defined as a large number. But, what does a large number actually mean? In the case of a nine-person party, many might mean five, six, seven, or eight. However, in the case of 20,000 concertgoers, many would probably mean over 7,000 or 8,000–the exact number is indistinct.
How many grammar are there in English language?
How many grammar rules are there in the English language? Estimates range from 500 to 10,000, but for practical purposes, we can say that there are about 3,500 grammar rules.
Is or are some?
“There are some sandwiches.” “There are some animals.” So ‘is’ if it’s an uncountable amount and ‘are’ if it’s a countable number.
How many there is or are?
Use there is when the noun is singular (“There is a cat”). Use there are when the noun is plural (“There are two cats”).
Is one of you or are one of you?
‘One’ is the subject and it is singular, therefore the verb must be ‘is’. The partitive “of you” seems to be what people mistake for the subject.
Is it water or waters?
Water” (singular form) is in the sense of an area or stretch of water (such as a river, lake or sea). Example: the path ran down to the water’s edge. “Waters” (plural form) is in the sense of a body of water of a particular place. Example: the waters of Hudson Bay, the waters of the Andaman Islands.
How Use A and an?
The two indefinite articles in English are a and an. The indefinite article an is used to make pronunciation easier when reading a text aloud. The general rule is to use a when the indefinite article precedes a word beginning with a consonant sound and an when it precedes a word starting with a vowel sound.
Was is the past of is?
The past tense of is is was (colloquial, nonstandard).
Is or are for a company?
“Company” is a singular noun, so must have a singular verb, in this case “is”. Plural “companies” would need the plural verb “are”.
Which is correct on or in?
IN Use in when something is located inside of a defined space. It could be a flat space, like a yard, or a three-dimensional space, like a box, house, or car. The space does not need to be closed on all sides (“There is water IN the glass”). ON Use on when something is touching the surface of something.
Does is singular or plural?
We use do/does or is/are as question words when we want to ask yes/no questions. We use does and is with third person singular pronouns (he, she, it) and with singular noun forms. We use do and are with other personal pronouns (you, we they) and with plural noun forms.
Are this or are these?
There is only one arrival under discussion — your first one — so the subject is singular. You used the singular word “arrival”. Thus a singular verb and pronoun are called for. If you were talking about multiple arrivals, you would say “these are”.
Are verb sentences?
In this sentence, the verb is “were.” It shows a state of being that was in the past, so it is a past tense verb. Example: After lunch, I will call my mother. In this sentence, “will call” is the verb phrase.