Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumSingular verb for a team
Standard English Conventions practice question
The team ____ its final match on Saturday.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. playsCorrect
- B. play
- C. playing
- D. have played
Answer: A. plays
Team is treated as singular, as the pronoun its confirms.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. play
- Plural.
- C. playing
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have played
- Plural, and the wrong tense for Saturday.
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