Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

Knowledge of figures of speech as well as of idiom and lexical items ____________ in this section

  • A is tested
  • B have been tested
  • C are tested
  • D were tested
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The correct answer is A. is tested

When either of these words is used; as well as, together with, alongside, no less than e.t.c, the subject of the clause would be the noun or pronoun that comes before the marker of accompaniment. 

Knowledge of figures of speech is a singular subject that should agree with a singular verb

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