问题
选择题
The family________ at the lunch table when someone came to tell them what had happened at ________.
A．were sitting; Mr Brown
B．were sitting; Mr Brown’s
C．was sitting; Mr Brown
D．was sitting; Mr Brown’s
答案
答案：B
at sb’表示在某人的家或..，the family 表示一家人的时候，相当于复数形式，故选B