Standard English ConventionsEasyAgreement with 'the birds'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The birds ____ at first light every morning.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. singCorrect
- B. sings
- C. singing
- D. has sung
Answer: A. sing
'Birds' is plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. sings
- Singular.
- C. singing
- Not a finite verb.
- D. has sung
- Singular auxiliary.
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