Study the following examples. The verb is in italics, and the subject is underlined. As you read each sentence, notice how the subjects and verbs agree in number.
• Where is Mary, going after the movies? (The subject is between the verb and its helper.)
• At the top of the form are the blanks for your address. (The subject comes after the verb.)
• Here are my letters of recommendation. (The subject comes after the verb.)
• In front of me are acres of grass. (The subject comes after the verb.)
• There was no reason for him to leave early. (The subject comes after the verb.)
• Where is Brady? (The subject comes after the verb.)
• There are two vacant rooms across the hall. (The subject comes after the verb.)

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”