Form, Structure, and Sense: Agreement and Usage

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 5/5

The composition of the rocks recovered from the meteor's impact site ______ unlike anything previously documented on Earth.

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

The subject is "composition" (singular), not "rocks." The intervening prepositional and relative phrases do not affect agreement. Singular "is" is correct.

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