Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumAgreement with 'the news'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The news from the coast ____ worse every hour.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. getsCorrect
- B. get
- C. getting
- D. have got
Answer: A. gets
'News' is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. get
- Plural.
- C. getting
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have got
- Plural auxiliary.
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