[译] 每年有大量金钱消耗在烟草上。
[误] Large amounts of money is spent on tobacco every year.

[正] Large amounts of money are spent on tobacco every year.
[正] A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.
[注] 谓语动词的形式需与主语中心词的数一致。在“large amounts of +名词”中，中心词是 amounts；在“a large amount of +名词”中，“名词”是中心词。