Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
The government which .....recruiting ....... workers suddenly stopped doing so.
are / its
was / its
is / their
were / their
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The answer is D
The government was performing an action hence, a plural verb follows
But in a case where the government isn't performing an action we use singular verb
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The correct option is "B. was / its."
In the sentence, "The government which was recruiting its workers suddenly stopped doing so," we use "was" because "government" is singular, requiring a singular verb form. "Its" is the possessive pronoun used to indicate that the government was recruiting its own workers.
So, the complete sentence implies that the singular government, which was previously hiring its own workers, abruptly ceased this activity.
The answer is D
The government was performing an action hence, a plural verb follows
But in a case where the government isn't performing an action we use singular verb.
the answer is A because the government can be singular or plural and in the law of Concord t
The answer is D- were/ their
When a collective noun performs an action , the verb is plural
But if it does not perform an action use singular verb
