Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence.

✅ Explanation:

The sentence
👉 “The news are too good to be true.” ❌ is incorrect.

🔍 Rule: “News” is Singular

• The word “news” looks plural but is actually treated as a singular noun.
  ✔️ So, it always takes a singular verb (is).

🔁 Correction:

• Incorrect: The news are… ❌

• Correct: The news is too good to be true. ✔️

❌ Why others are incorrect:

• is very good to be true ❌ → incorrect expression

• are so good to be true ❌ → wrong verb (are)

• is so good to be true ❌ → incorrect phrase (“too…to” is correct pattern)

📌 Extra Facts (Exam Tips):

1. Common Singular-looking Plural Words:

   • news ✔️

   • mathematics ✔️

   • physics ✔️

   • politics ✔️

2. Correct Expression:
   👉 too + adjective + to + verb
   Example: too good to be true

3. Memory Trick 🧠:
   👉 “News = always singular”

Conclusion:

👉 The correct replacement is “is too good to be true.”