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?
- A. arriveCorrect
- B. arrives
- C. arriving
- 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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