Sentence Correctioneasy · Past Paper
Identify the part that contains an error: The (a) / news (b) / are (c) / very shocking (d).
AThe
Bnews
Care
Dvery shocking
✓ Correct Answer: C — are
The word 'news' is an uncountable noun and always takes a singular verb 'is'.
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