Question

In the following sentence, fill in the blank with a verb in agreement with its subject.

No news _____ good news.

• A. Is
• B. Am
  
• C. Are
• D. Be

Answer 1

The correct option is A Is

The word 'news' is singular in nature in spite of the 's' at the end of the word. Option D) be is incomplete without words like 'can' and so is the incorrect option.

Option C) are is incorrect because 'are' is used for plural subjects and news, as mentioned above, is singular. Option B) am is also incorrect because 'am' is used for people and mostly with the first person pronoun 'I' and it is not used for things like news, which is in the third person in the given statement. So, the most appropriate answer is option A) is, as it agrees with our singular subject 'news'.