Standard English ConventionsVery hardAgreement across a relative clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The set of instructions that came with the telescope, along with the star charts, ____ printed in four languages.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. wasCorrect
- B. were
- C. have been
- D. are
Answer: A. was
The subject is "set", singular; "along with the star charts" does not make it plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. were
- Plural, agreeing with "instructions" or "charts", neither of which is the subject.
- C. have been
- Plural.
- D. are
- Plural.
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