Identify the segment in the sentence. Which contain the grammatical error.
The village, with all its houses, were flooded by the river.

Options

A. by the river
B. were flooded
C. its houses
D. with all

Answer

B

Explanation

According to the .Subject-Verb Agreement rule, "Subject(1 st) + with/ along with together with/ as well as + Subject(2nd) + Verb" is grammatically the correct structure. However, the verb should be supplied according to the first subject. In the given question, the 1st subject(the village) is in the singular form so it will take .was. as a singular verb. Hence, *was flooded will be answer.