Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select No improvement.
It has been announcing that the bus will be late by an hour

Options

A. No improvement
B. It is announcing
C. It has announced
D. It has been announced

Answer

D

Explanation

It has been announcing should be replaced with "It has been announced" has/have been should be followed by III form of the verb. So the correct sentence will be It has been announced that the bus will be late by an hour.