<p>the young fish were very tiny,yet each of them ate many times its own weight in solid food everyday. no error </p>
<p>could anyone tell me why "the young fish were" was right,the correct answer to this is E.</p>
<p>Fish is plural. So its not the young fish was... Must be young fish were! TADA!</p>
<p>Plural for fish is fish, unless it's several types (species) of fish.
Speaking of species: its singular and plural forms are also the same.
But wait - there is more!<br>
moose, deer, sheep, cattle, salmon.</p>
<p>There are a lot of weird fish in my school. My friends and I sometimes feel as black sheep and look like deer caught in the headlights. :)</p>
<p>"The young fish was very tiny" is right if it's one fish. "The young fish were very tiny" is right if they're more than one fish. "Yet each of them" makes it clear that there are multiple fish.</p>