Sentence Correctioneasy · Past Paper
Identify the error: The news are very shocking to everyone in the village.
AThe news
Bare very
Cshocking to
Deveryone
✓ Correct Answer: B — are very
'News' is an uncountable noun that takes a singular verb, so 'are' should be 'is'.
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