Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

Everybody on the cross-country team ______ expected to attend the awards banquet on Saturday evening.

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

  • A

    are

  • B

    were

  • C

    is

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  • D

    have been

Explanation

"Everybody" is grammatically singular and takes a singular verb, "is."

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