The captain along with his team / are practicing very hard / for the / forth coming matches.
A. The captain along with his team
B. are practicing very hard
C. for the
D. forth coming matches
E. No Error
Answer: Option B
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Replace, are practicing very hard → is practicing very hard Subject of the verb must agree in number with verb. Heresubject of the verb is Captain which is singular so it must take singular verb.
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The subject of the verb is the single word CAPTAIN. Since captain is singular so singular verb will be used with it I.e is practicing is correct.
Collective noun like group of body is always represent in singular so answer is not aee
Along with we will use the verb first subject
team is singular
the term "teams" is plural
captain along with his team is a singular
because,
the team is singular
Please explain it
are is used for plural..so it cannot be replaced by is