Complete the sentence: _____ of the reasons I came to the UK was to learn English.

Complete the sentence: _____ of the reasons I came to the UK was to learn English.

• A. One
• B. Some
• C. Many
• D. Several

Answer: (A)

This tests subject-verb agreement with phrases like “one of the reasons.” The key is that the actual subject is the singular word one, while “of the reasons I came to the UK” is a modifying phrase. Because the subject is singular, the verb stays singular: was. If you used some, many, or several, the subject would be plural (reasons), and the natural verb would be were (as in “Some of the reasons I came to the UK were to learn English”). So the sentence with one fits the structure and means there was a single main reason—to learn English.

This tests subject-verb agreement with phrases like “one of the reasons.” The key is that the actual subject is the singular word one, while “of the reasons I came to the UK” is a modifying phrase. Because the subject is singular, the verb stays singular: was. If you used some, many, or several, the subject would be plural (reasons), and the natural verb would be were (as in “Some of the reasons I came to the UK were to learn English”). So the sentence with one fits the structure and means there was a single main reason—to learn English.