The following sentence has been split into four segments.

Solution:

The subject in the sentence is "Very few animals".

Here, animals is a plural noun, so the verb should also be plural.

❌ Incorrect sentence:
Very few animals was as faithful as the dog.

✔️ Correct sentence:
Very few animals were as faithful as the dog.

Rule Used:

Subject–Verb Agreement Rule
A plural subject takes a plural verb.

• Singular → was
• Plural → were

Since animals = plural, was is grammatically incorrect.

Correct Sentence:

Very few animals were as faithful as the dog.

Extra Facts:

 The structure "Very few + noun + are/were + as + adjective + as" is used for comparison.

Example:

• Very few students are as hardworking as Ravi.
  (बहुत कम छात्र रवि जितने मेहनती हैं।)

More examples:

• The child was happy. ✔️
• The children were happy. ✔️