Standard English ConventionsMediumAgreement with 'a set of'
Standard English Conventions practice question
A set of keys ____ found on the bench by the pond.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. wasCorrect
- B. were
- C. being
- D. have been
Answer: A. was
The subject is 'set', singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. were
- Plural, agreeing with 'keys'.
- C. being
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have been
- Plural auxiliary.
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