Standard English ConventionsMediumVerb form after a modal
Standard English Conventions practice question
The museum ____ its opening hours during the summer holidays.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. will extendCorrect
- B. will extends
- C. will extending
- D. extend
Answer: A. will extend
After a modal verb like 'will', the main verb takes its base form: 'will extend'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. will extends
- After 'will', the verb never takes an -s.
- C. will extending
- 'will extending' isn't a valid form; the base verb follows 'will'.
- D. extend
- 'extend' alone doesn't agree with the singular subject 'museum' (it would need 'extends'), and the sentence lacks the future sense that 'will' provides.
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