The correct answer is A.
A subject-verb agreement implies that the subject of the sentence and the verb of the sentence must be in agreement in number.
A pick and shovel ( two things, therefore plural ) <em>are used</em> to remove sand;
When two subjects are joined by <em>and</em>, the verb is plural.
then workers or a crane <em>lifts</em> the artifacts.
When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by <em>or </em>or <em>nor</em>, a singular verb is used. The verb agrees in person and number with the noun nearest to it.
The best answer for this question would be:
D: he has drowned
According to the poem it had stated that the father had
drowned in the ocean, from the in which it stated of the “funeral bell” in the
composition.