Choose the option that BEST completes: 'The children appear like morning birds and ___ at noon.'
AWere disappearing
BDisappear
CDisappeared
DHave disappeared
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Disappear
Simple present matches the parallel verb 'appear' — both describe a recurring habitual pattern.
The other tenses break the symmetry of habitual action.
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