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Diamondrg  #290543  Wed, 08 Nov 06 08:27 AM

The class ---- of children from a wide range of countries.

A) consist

B) consists 

I know B is correct, but what about A?

  
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Yoong Liat  #290573  Wed, 08 Nov 06 10:00 AM
 Diamondrg wrote:

The class ---- of children from a wide range of countries.

A) consist

B) consists 

I know B is correct, but what about A?

A is incorrect.

  
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nona the brit  #290608  Wed, 08 Nov 06 11:22 AM

singular - consists

plural - consist

'the class' is singular.

  
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