Question

which form of verb plays or is playing for sentence Brian Lara play cricket
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Answer 1

Answer:

any

Explanation:

Brian Lara plays cricket

Brian Lara is playing cricket

most likely -plays

Answer 2

The question is wrong. I guess it should be: Brian and Lara play cricket. If you want to change it into present continuous, then it can be written as: Brian and Lara are playing cricket. It can not be written as: Brian and Lara is playing cricket because they are two people [plural]. 'Is' is used for a single person only.

Again, the sentence will be wrong if you add 'plays' [change it into simple present]: Brian and Lara plays cricket, because when the noun is plural then you can't add a plural verb. If you want the sentence to be in simple present tense, it can be written as: Brian and Lara play cricket. The question wont be changed because the question is itself in simple present.