Advanced English Primary 4 Editing

Read the sentence and identify the grammatical error. Choose the option that shows the CORRECT word or phrase. "The news about the school closures have caused considerable anxiety among parents."

A 'has caused' ('the news' is singular)
B 'had caused' (use past perfect)
C 'have been causing' (use continuous)
D 'have caused' is correct as written
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Step 1: Identify the subject — "the news". Step 2: "News" ends in -s but is an uncountable singular noun (like information, advice, furniture) — it takes a singular verb. Step 3: Singular subject → "has caused", not "have caused". Answer: 'has caused' ('the news' is singular)

Correct answer: 'has caused' ('the news' is singular)

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