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Standard English ConventionsEasyAgreement with 'the bakers'

Standard English Conventions practice question

The bakers ____ at four every morning to light the ovens.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. arriveCorrect
  2. B. arrives
  3. C. arriving
  4. D. has arrived

Answer: A. arrive

'Bakers' is plural.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. arrives
Singular.
C. arriving
Not a finite verb.
D. has arrived
Singular auxiliary.

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