Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0
Exam: TSIA2 Reading and Writing Practice Test 2
Practice Question
Extract
Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.
According to scientists, the seven separate continents of the world, in the far distant past, one vast land mass.
Answer Choices
- A: the world, in the far distant past
- B: the world, being in the far distant past
- C: the world were, in the far distant past
- D: the world was, in the far distant past
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The subject ("the seven separate continents") is plural, requiring the plural verb "were". The phrase "in the far distant past" is an adverb modifying "were".