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Standard English ConventionsEasyAgreement across a relative clause

Standard English Conventions practice question

The bakery, which opened in 1990, ____ still run by the same family.

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

  1. A. isCorrect
  2. B. are
  3. C. were
  4. D. being

Answer: A. is

The subject is 'bakery', singular and present.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. are
Plural.
C. were
Plural and past.
D. being
Not a finite verb.

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