Question

Identify the error in the following sentence and choose the correct option: "The team have been practicing every day for the upcoming tournament."

• A. team
• B. have
• C. every day
• D. No error

Hint:

For collective nouns like "team", "committee", or "family", use singular verbs unless emphasizing individual members acting separately.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1 (Identify subject-verb agreement).
"The team" is a collective noun, generally treated as singular in American English when referring to it as a single unit.
Step 2 (Check the verb form).
"have been" should be replaced with "has been" to match the singular subject.
Step 3 (Corrected sentence).
"The team has been practicing every day for the upcoming tournament."
\[ {\text{have (Option (b)}} \]