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Old 30-Jan-2007, 03:20
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Unhappy Subject verb agreement
Making pies and cakes is/are difficult.

Cleaning living room and kitchen is/are my task.

which is the correct answer? please explain how it is correct?

Waht are the use of sequence consistent tense?
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Old 30-Jan-2007, 05:31
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Originally Posted by esophea View Post
Making pies and cakes is difficult.

Cleaning living room and kitchen is my task.

which is the correct answer? please explain how it is correct?

Waht are the use of sequence consistent tense?
In both of your cases, the subject is the gerund i.e. Making and Cleaning

respectively; that's why the singular verb is is the correct choice.
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