Standard English ConventionsEasyPlural verb for birds
Standard English Conventions practice question
The birds ____ south every autumn.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. flyCorrect
- B. flies
- C. flying
- D. is flying
Answer: A. fly
Birds is plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. flies
- Singular.
- C. flying
- Not a finite verb.
- D. is flying
- Singular.
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