Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

Five hundred dollars ______ a steep price for tickets to a single performance, no matter how renowned the soloist.

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

  • A

    have been

  • B

    is

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  • C

    were

  • D

    are

Explanation

Quantities of money treated as a single sum take a singular verb. "Five hundred dollars is."

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