SAT Reading & Writing · Form, Structure, and Sense
The committee, along with its three subcommittees, ______ scheduled to present its final recommendations at next month's board meeting.
The committee, along with its three subcommittees, ______ scheduled to present its final recommendations at next month's board meeting.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer and explanation
Answer: D: is
The sentence's grammatical subject is "the committee," a singular noun; "along with its three subcommittees" is a parenthetical phrase that adds information but does not change the number of the subject the verb must agree with. Singular subjects paired with an "along with" phrase still take a singular verb, *is*. *Are* and *were* are both plural, incorrectly treating the subcommittees as part of a compound subject instead of as a modifying phrase. *Have been* is also plural and additionally introduces present-perfect tense without any reason in the sentence for that shift.
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