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Janvi Shaji from Sherwood high, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks from the options given below :
A swarm of bees ________ building a hive outside the house.

A is
B are
C am
D were


is the answer is or are.

Ans 1:

NIVED PRAKASH NAIR from SARVODAYA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Class : Class 8
bees are plural nouns.so surely it is "are"

Ans 2:

Animesh Kumar from St Michael , Durgapur
Class : Class 7
The correct answer will be 'is' , because we use a singular word i.e :is. , has for a collective noun

Ans 3:

Jibran Noorshah from Christ Academy, Bangalore
Class : Class 5
are

Ans 4:

mrigank tanirwar from bvrtse, pune
Class : Class 6
ABEY IT IS ARE IDIOTS SWARM OF BEES IS PLURAL

Ans 5:

Raghav from DPS Gurgaon, Gurgaon
Class : Class 5
It should be 'are' if it was talking about ' a lot of bees ' but since it is talking about only ONE swarm, it's become singular thus, the answer is 'is'

Ans 6:

Zainab Dastagir Chitapure from Podar international school, Solapur
Class : Class 5
The answer is IS because it is conted as singular and we use is with the singular nouns and hence the answer is IS like a pack of wolves is eating some of the rabbits. in the midnight hece we should not be confused between singular and plural mouns

Ans 7:

Kavitharini Joseph from HUS, Chennai
Class : Class 6
ithink the answer is 'is'

Ans 8:

abc from sbgj, ghy
Class : Class 1
it is are

Ans 9:

Arnav Raj Sharma from GEMS International School the ultra master mega, Gurgaon
Class : Class 7
it is (B)

Ans 10:

shaun joel dasari from subs, chennai
Class : Class 4

Ans 11:

aarav shankar from st xaviers high school, gurugram
Class : Class 7
No, it is not are, it is option A, is. Because a lot of bees are plural but here it is talking about a swarm! No matter how many bees are there, it will always be one swarm, just one. Thats why the answer is A) Is

Ans 12:

P A Reyyansh from Ann Mary School, Dehradun
Class : Class 10
Surely, the answer is "is"

Ans 13:

SJ HARITHA from PSNLO, BENGALURU
Class : Class 10
The answer is 'are'

Ans 14:

sauradeep from j v m Shyamali , ranchi
Class : Class 10

Ans 15:

Student from School, City
Class : Class 8
http://teach.files.bbci.co.uk/skillswise/en3vari-l1-f-problems-with-plurals-in-verb-subject-agreement.pdf'IS'

Ans 16:

Archit Borkar from SSVM World School, Coimbatore
Class : Class 9
It is Is as we use is for a collective noun which is singular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ans 17:

Vidhi from GIIS, Pune
Class : Class 5
Silly mistake for me but it’s is since bees is plural, yes, but a SWARM of bees is singular as it’s a collective noun. So the answer’s ISP.S. I used caps for explaining pls don’t report me or anything

Ans 18:

aarav shankar from st xaviers high school, gurugram
Class : Class 7

Ans 19:

Mathamagician from BGSNPS, Bengaluru
Class : Class 6
It is easily is, because it is singular

Ans 20:

Sreenath from BLUEBELLS SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL, New Delhi
Class : Class 5

Ans 21:

Gauri Singh from St Johns School Marhauli, Varanasi
Class : Class 8
The answer should be "is"

Ans 22:

Saani from Cambridge School, Mangalore
Class : Class 9
is are

Ans 23:

from Delhi Public School Noida, GHAZIABAD
Class : Class 6

Ans 24:

Prisha Shah from Euroschool Airoli, Mumbai
Class : Class 6
The answer is IS

Ans 25:

Vania Aravindan from Unicent School , Miyapur Hyderabad
Class : Class 8

Ans 26:

Nakul Bhasker from National Public School Whitefield, Bangalore
Class : Class 5

Ans 27:

Aaditva from Vasant Valley School, New Delhi
Class : Class 8
It is are

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