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Standard English ConventionsEasyAgreement with 'my parents'

Standard English Conventions practice question

My parents ____ the garden every Sunday morning.

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

  1. A. weedCorrect
  2. B. weeds
  3. C. weeding
  4. D. has weeded

Answer: A. weed

'Parents' is plural.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. weeds
Singular.
C. weeding
Not a finite verb.
D. has weeded
Singular auxiliary.

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