Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumPast tense for a completed wait
Standard English Conventions practice question
The children ____ patiently for the show to begin.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. waitedCorrect
- B. waits
- C. waiting
- D. has waited
Answer: A. waited
A simple past verb agreeing with the plural subject.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. waits
- Singular present.
- C. waiting
- No finite verb.
- D. has waited
- Singular.
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