Demonstrate correct use of subject-verb agreement.He _ books these days.
Correct answer: A. Sells
- A. Sells
- B. Sell
- C. Has sold
- D. Sold
Explanation
The sentence "He reads books these days" is in the present simple tense and indicates that currently, he is engaging in the activity of reading books.The sentence "He read books these days" is not grammatically correct. It seems to be a combination of past and present tenses. A possible correction could be "He used to read books in those days" which is in the past simple tense and describes a past habit or activity.
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Subject-verb agreement requires the verb to match the true subject in number and person, even when other words intervene. Questions cover collective nouns, compound subjects, indefinite pronouns, either and neither, relative clauses, quantities and inverted sentences, where proximity can falsely suggest the wrong verb.
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