Question

Choose the correct sentence:

• A. Each of the players are ready.
• B. Neither of the answers are correct.
• C. The team of doctors is arriving soon.
• D. A group of students have submitted the report.

Hint:

Identify the core subject (ignoring prepositional phrases like of doctors) and check if it’s singular or plural. Words like each, neither, and collective nouns (e.g., team, group) usually take singular verbs when acting as a unit. When in doubt, simplify the sentence to focus on the subject-verb pair.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Subject-verb agreement requires the verb to match the number (singular or plural) of the subject. In (C), team is a singular collective noun, correctly paired with the singular verb is, making it the correct sentence. In (A), each is a singular pronoun, so are is incorrect; it should be is ready. In (B), neither is singular, requiring is instead of are. In (D), group is a collective noun typically treated as singular when acting as a unit (e.g., submitting one report), so has submitted would be more appropriate than have. While collective nouns like group can take plural verbs in some contexts (e.g., when emphasizing individual members), the singular is standard here due to the unified action.
Thus, (C) is the only fully correct sentence.