Krumpers their way to the final competition. which element is required to complete the sentence? a. a singular verb b. a plural verb c. a singular verb phrase d. a plural noun

The correct answer is B. A plural verb

Explanation:

In the English language, for a sentence to be complete and coherent it needs to have a subject which is usually a noun, the main action or verb and in some cases a complement that provides information about the main action or verb. Additionally to this, for a sentence to be grammatically correct it is necessary the subject and the verb are in agreement, this means the subject and verb need to be both singular or plural, also, the complement of the sentence needs to be connected to the main verb. In the sentence presented "Krumpers their way to the final competition" the subject or agent that perform the action is the "Krumpers" and the complement of this sentence is "their way to the final competition", which suggest the missing word should be a verb following the structure of subject, verb and complement, additionally, as "Krumpers" is a plural noun the verb should be equally plural. Therefore, the element required to complete this sentence is "a plural verb".

The correct answer is B.

Explanation:

A. A singular verb is incorrect. The subject is made up of a plural noun. Therefore, the verb needs to agree with the subject.

B. A plural verb is what is needed to complete this sentence. We find a plural noun in the subject so we need a plural verb due to the Subject-Verb agreement.

C. We don't need a singular verb phrase. A verb phrase has a verb and its complements as in baking a cake. We can see that the verb modifiers are already in the sentence (their way to the final competition). And again, no singular form is needed.

D. We don't need a plural noun because the sentence needs a verb to be a grammatically correct sentence.