Identify the subject in bold as singular or plural.

Ants build colonies underground.
A. singular
B. plural
That's Correct!
It's Wrong!

The subject “Ants” is plural. It names more than one thing. The verb it is using is in its plural form, i.e. build. The verb does not use an “s.”

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