Standard English ConventionsEasyAgreement with 'the trains'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The trains ____ every twenty minutes on weekdays.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. runCorrect
- B. runs
- C. running
- D. has run
Answer: A. run
'Trains' is plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. runs
- Singular.
- C. running
- Not a finite verb.
- D. has run
- Singular auxiliary.
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