Question

Which verb agrees in number with its subject?

Either my cousins or my sister __________ out at the fair today.









A.
are helping







B.
were helping







C.
is helping







D.
have been helping
my answer is C @inowalst

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

You mean C or D?

Answer 3

I mean why do you think it is C?

Answer 4

Erase that.
Is the word "today" in this sentence:
Present, past, or future?

Answer 5

Present

Answer 6

Wrong. Yes, i know the word "today" means present, but how is it explained in this sentence?

Answer 7

oh past

Answer 8

Exactly! So, does C mean "past'?

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

Your catching on ^_^ !

Answer 11

Now, does D mean "past"?

Answer 12

no B?

Answer 13

Ask yourself, does B makes since in this sentence?

Answer 14

No....You can't place "were" there because were is past tense.

Answer 15

D i was going for d thats why i delete B

Answer 16

Yes. You know why D is the answer?

Answer 17

Have been: past: past participle

Answer 18

Have been is a past tense ?

Answer 19

Yes.