Choose the correct sentence: ‘A pair of shoes ___ left outside the door.’

Explanation

The phrase ‘a pair of,’ followed by a plural noun like ‘shoes,’ is itself treated as the true subject of the sentence and takes a singular verb, giving ‘A pair of shoes was left outside the door.’ This follows the same general principle as other fixed quantity phrases, such as ‘one of’ and ‘many a,’ where the quantity expression itself determines the verb’s number. Explore more English MCQs on mcqstutor to keep practicing.