# Fill in the blanks. - 699586

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Fill in the blanks. (4x2=8 p)  
Use: am / is / are responsible for - e.g. She is responsible for…  
A) I1… watering the plants.  
B) The nurse1… helping sick students.  
C) We1… keeping our classroom clean.  
D) The caretakers1… fixing broken things.

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## Subject-Verb Agreement with “Be Responsible For”

💡 **KEY FORMULA / RULE:** The phrase **be responsible for** expresses a duty or obligation and takes the present form of the verb _to be_ (`am`, `is`, `are`) depending on the subject, followed by a gerund (`verb + -ing`):

- **I** \rightarrow **am responsible for**
- **He / She / It / Singular Noun** \rightarrow **is responsible for**
- **We / You / They / Plural Noun** \rightarrow **are responsible for**

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### 🧠 SOLUTION STEPS

- **a) I:** The first-person singular pronoun **I** pairs with the auxiliary verb **am**.

- **b) The nurse:** “The nurse” is a third-person singular subject (_he_ or _she_), which pairs with the singular auxiliary verb **is**.

- **c) We:** The first-person plural pronoun **We** requires the plural auxiliary verb **are**.

- **d) The caretakers:** “The caretakers” is a plural noun (_they_), which requires the plural auxiliary verb **are**.

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✅ **FINAL ANSWER:**

- **a)**  **am responsible for**
- **b)**  **is responsible for**
- **c)**  **are responsible for**
- **d)**  **are responsible for**

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⚠ **EXAM INSIGHT / PITFALL:** Always check whether the subject noun has a plural **-s** ending (like _the caretakers_ \rightarrow **are** ) or is singular (like _the nurse_ \rightarrow **is** ), and remember that the preposition **for** must always be followed by the `-ing` form of the verb (_watering_, _helping_, _keeping_, _fixing_).