Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the statement(s) which is/are grammatically incorrect.

  1. She longed for the holidays to come so that she could be with her family again.
  2. Eating sweets is supposed to be bad for the teeth.
  3. The latest news of the earthquake survivors are very disturbing.
  4. I was often kept awake at night by their song which floated up through the window.
  5. Much remains to be done before the drug can be used by humans.

  1. 4 and 5

  2. 1 and 3

  3. 3

  4. 2

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the sentence has the error of subject verb agreement. The word 'news' is always treated as singular, and followed by verb in the singular form. So, the verb should be 'is'.

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