Subject
English Language
Topic
Subject-Verb Agreement
The news ___ always bad now-a-days.
The news ___ always bad now-a-days.
ক)
isখ)
areগ)
wasঘ)
wereExplanation
The word 'news' is a non-count (or uncountable) noun, even though it ends with an 's'. Uncountable nouns are always treated as singular and therefore take a singular verb. Since the sentence refers to the present ("now-a-days"), the correct verb is "is."Related questions
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