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Akaky's family feels tense and anxious because the news coming from their homeland are bad.

What change should be made to correct the problem of subject-verb agreement?
A.
Change homeland to homelands.
B.
Change feels to feel.
C.
Change are to is.
D.
Change family to families.

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C. Change are to is.

Homeland is a singular noun, family is a singular noun which should have a singular verb like “feels,” and Akaky has one family. So that leaves C
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