Here's my opinion/experience: 1. Here's your keys. Technically this may be incorrect, since it's basically saying "Here IS your keys". However, this is probably the most common way that native speakers say this, at least in the US. 2. Here are your keys. GOOD - if you have to write it as a test answer, this is probably the safest answer. 3. Where is those records I lent you? Incorrect. And unlike the case with 'keys' it sounds incorrect, and pretty much no one would say this. I can't totally explain this, except maybe people think of a bunch of keys as a single object, but not records. 4a. the little old row of houses. Not necessarily wrong, but it sounds the ROW is little and old rather than the houses. If the row of houses is a well-known entity in a certain location, I suppose 'little old row of houses' might become the name of the location. But for general use, 4b is more natural. 4b. the row of little old houses. Good

1. "Here's your keys." is incorrect. "Here's" means "Here is" and "keys" is plural. It should be "Here are your keys." 2. "Here are your keys." is correct. The subject "keys" is plural, so we use "are." Tip: Use "Here’s" only with one thing. For example, "Here’s your key" or "Here’s your phone." Never say "Here’s your keys." 3. "Where is those records I lent you?" is incorrect. "Records" is plural, so it needs "are." The correct sentence is "Where are those records I lent you?" Tip: Plural nouns go with "are." Singular nouns go with "is." 4a. "The little old row of houses" is incorrect. The adjective order is wrong. In English, adjectives follow a set order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, noun. "Little" is size and "old" is age, so the correct order is "The row of little old houses." 4b. "The row of little old houses" is correct and natural. It clearly describes the houses, not the row. 4a and 4b technically refer to the same thing, but 4a sounds confusing and unnatural. 4b is correct and clear. The houses are little and old. The row just means they are next to each other.

Sorry Filip, but I agree with Dan about 1. I'm a native English speaker and would actively encourage my English-as-a-foreign-language students to use "Here's" in this context because that's what's they will hear the vast majority of native speakers doing. Doing so too will allow them to fit in better. "Here are" isn't wrong obviously but its use feels a bit fussy except, as Dan says, in an exam situation. Of course, even in an exam situation it's fine to use "here's" in quoted speech. In the same way, in 3, contracting "where is" to "where's" would also render it normal.

Sentences 1 & 2 (Singular vs. Plural & Subject-Verb Agreement) 1. ❌ “Here’s your keys.” → Incorrect • “Here’s” is a contraction of “Here is,” which is singular. However, “keys” is plural, so “is” does not match the plural noun. 2. ✅ “Here are your keys.” → Correct • “Keys” is plural, so you need the plural verb “are.” Sentence 3 (Singular vs. Plural & Subject-Verb Agreement) 3. ❌ “Where is those records I lent you?” → Incorrect • “Is” is singular, but “records” is plural. The correct verb should be “are.” Also, “those” (plural) must match the plural noun “records.” ✅ Corrected version: “Where are those records I lent you?” Sentences 4a & 4b (Adjective Order & Meaning) 4a. ❌ “The little old row of houses.” → Incorrect (or at least unnatural) 4b. ✅ “The row of little old houses.” → Correct Why? In 4a, “little old” describes “row,” which doesn’t make sense because a row is not “little old”—the houses are. In 4b, “little old” correctly describes “houses,” and “row” tells us how they are arranged. Do 4a and 4b have the same meaning? No, they don’t. • 4a (if it were correct) would suggest that the row itself is little and old. • 4b means the houses are little and old, and they are arranged in a row. The correct and natural phrasing is 4b: “the row of little old houses.”