Question 8
POST_UTME_COAL_CITY_UNIVERSITY
•
2023
•
ENGLISH
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objective
SHARED STIMULUS
The manager, along with his team, has been working on the project for months.
The passage below contains a grammatical error. Identify the error and explain why it is incorrect.
Answer Options
A.
The sentence 'The manager, along with his team, has been working on the project for months.' is incorrect because it uses a plural verb 'has been' with a singular subject 'the manager'.
Correct Answer
B.
The sentence 'The manager, along with his team, has been working on the project for months.' is incorrect because it uses a singular verb 'has been' with a plural subject 'the team'.
C.
The sentence 'The manager, along with his team, has been working on the project for months.' is incorrect because it uses a plural verb 'has been' with a plural subject 'the team'.
D.
The sentence 'The manager, along with his team, has been working on the project for months.' is incorrect because it uses a singular verb 'has been' with a singular subject 'the manager'.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
The sentence 'The manager, along with his team, has been working on the project for months.' is incorrect because it uses a singular verb 'has been' with a plural subject 'the team'.
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Post Utme Coal City University
2023
English
Question 8.
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objective
questions from the
2023
Post Utme Coal City University
English
examination.