Standard English ConventionsEasyPresent tense for a daily fact
Standard English Conventions practice question
The first train ____ the station at six every morning.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. leavesCorrect
- B. leave
- C. leaving
- D. have left
Answer: A. leaves
'Train' is singular; a routine takes the simple present.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. leave
- Plural.
- C. leaving
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have left
- Plural auxiliary.
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