Question

Which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement? Towns in the flood zone are in great danger.Towns in the flood zone is in great danger.

Answer 1

Which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement?

Sentence A: Towns in the flood are in great danger.

The subject in sentence A "towns" is plural, thereby, the verb must be plural, in this case, "are".

Sentence B doesn't match its plural subject with its singular verb. The correct sentence should have been: A town in the flood zone is in great danger.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the first option. Because 'towns' is in plural, which means that the verb also has to agree with it, that is, to be plural as well. So 'towns in the flood zone ARE in great danger' is the correct answer.