From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:

I was still sleeping when the national news ... this morning

  • A were broadcast
  • B were broadcasted
  • C was broadcast
  • D was broadcasted
  • E were being broadcasted
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The correct answer is C. was broadcast

The best choice to complete the sentence is C. was broadcast, which is a past tense verb that agrees with the singular subject “the national news”.

The correct sentence is “I was still sleeping when the national news was broadcast this morning.”

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