Question

关于主谓一致的英语题

A poet and artist______coming to speak to us about chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.
A.is B.are C.was D.were

请问该选什么？并说明理由，谢谢！
请说明理由，谢谢！

Answer 1

选A
其实这边是a poet and artist只是代表一个人，这个人既是诗人又是艺术家，当然是用单数，故答案为A项。如果改成a poet and an artist那么答案就应该选择B了。

Answer 2

B答案。be+Ving to do表示将来时；而根据题意分析，这里用一般将来时，固选B。

Answer 3

b