Standard English ConventionsEasyAgreement with 'dogs'
Standard English Conventions practice question
My neighbour's dogs ____ at every car that passes the gate.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. barkCorrect
- B. barks
- C. barking
- D. has barked
Answer: A. bark
'Dogs' is plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. barks
- Singular.
- C. barking
- Not a finite verb.
- D. has barked
- Singular auxiliary.
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