Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

The team of researchers ______ divided over how to interpret the unusual readings recorded last week.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A

    were

  • B

    have been

  • C

    are

  • D

    is

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Explanation

"Team" is the subject (singular collective acting as a unit grammatically). The prepositional phrase "of researchers" doesn't alter agreement; "is" is correct.

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