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The flock of Canadian Geese formed a perfect v-shape as it flew south 20 May 2012, 11:15
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The flock of Canadian Geese formed a perfect v-shape as it flew south 20 May 2012, 18:22
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First, note that 'flock' is a collective noun so it must go with the pronoun 'it', not with the pronoun 'they'. This eliminates B,C, and D. E is just a grammatically wrong construction ('as it flown south').

A is the only choice that uses the correct pronoun 'it' together with the correct form of the verb fly (past tense - 'flew'). Therefore A is the correct choice.
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The flock of Canadian Geese formed a perfect v-shape as it flew south 20 May 2012, 19:44
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The OA doesn't make sense to me because the geese are flowing towards a north not 'the flock' is.
Also, the antecedent 'it' usage doesn't make sense to me, I think 'they' should be used instead.

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The flock of Canadian Geese formed a perfect v-shape as it flew south 20 May 2012, 20:02
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Here, the main subject is 'The Flock', which is a group. When you want to refer group in the later sentence, you must use only 'It'. So B, C, E are out. Out of A and E, E contains Past participle Flown which is not necessary.

So A is the best Answer.
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The flock of Canadian Geese formed a perfect v-shape as it flew south 21 May 2012, 00:52
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guys please explain verb usage

why not "were flying"
why "as it flew" is possiple since for me there shoud be continious
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The flock of Canadian Geese formed a perfect v-shape as it flew south 21 May 2012, 06:52
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Flock is a singular noun. B contains 'they' which is incorrect.

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