Question

Complete the sentence using the most appropriate form of the verb in brackets-
Every winter, our school _____ (go) on a trip

Answer 1

Hint: We use the simple present tense to indicate habitual and repeated actions. The Subject and verb must accord in number. Either both the subject and verb should be singular or both should be plural in number.

Complete answer:
 As given in the hint, we need to maintain the subject-verb agreement relationship in the above-given sentence.
For example- We have kept our books on the table. Here, we can see the use of the third-person plural verb ‘have’ with the first-person plural pronoun ‘we’.
In the given question- We can conclude that every winter, our school goes on a trip. Here, we have used the third-person singular verb ‘goes’ because the statement is said to be expressed by a third-person subject. Also, ‘school’ is seen as a singular verb.
Now, let’s look at the usage and structure of the present simple tense.
Structure- Subject + base form of the verb + es/s + object.
For example- She visits orphaned children on Christmas every year. Here, we can understand that X performs the habitual or repeated task of visiting the orphaned children on Christmas every year.
Hence, the correct answer is; Every winter, our school goes on a trip.

Note:
Keep in mind, subject-verb agreement rules are not followed by modal verbs. For example- She could walk and they could walk. Both are correct because modal verbs do not change based on subject-verb agreement.