Singular vs Plural vs Both

Question 1

one things that has 2 parts (sometimes)

Answer 1

plural

trousers/jeans/tights/shorts/pants/pyjamas/glasses/binoculars/scissors etc.

Those are nice jeans

or

a pair of = That is a nice pair of jeans

Question 2

some subjects

Answer 2

singular

atheltics/maths/politics/economics etc.

Gymnastics is my favourite sport

Question 3

News

Answer 3

uncountable

It’s a good news!

Question 4

words that end in -s (sometimes)

Answer 4

can be both: ex. means/series/species

a means of transport/many means of transport

a TV series/two TV series

a species of fish/ 200 species of fish

Question 5

nouns that rappresent a group of people (audience/company/sport team/government/etc.)

Answer 5

both

In British English, collective nouns like “group” can be treated as either singular or plural, depending on the context and the intended meaning. This is due to two types of verb agreement: formal agreement and notional agreement.

Formal Agreement: When the group is considered as a single entity, a singular verb is used. For example:

“The group is meeting at 5 PM.”

Notional Agreement: When the emphasis is on the individual members of the group, a plural verb is used. For example:

“The group are arguing among themselves.”

The choice between “is” and “are” often depends on whether the group is acting as a unit or if the focus is on the actions of its individual members

The government have/has decided to increase taxes

Italy are/is playing Brazil

but

police = always plural

the police are investigating the crime

singular = a police officere/ a policeman/ a policewoman

Question 6

when we think of a sum of money, a period of time, a distance etc.

Answer 6

we think about it as one thing. So we use a singular verb

50.000 euros was stolen in the robbery

three years is a long time

Two miles isn’t very far