Bluebook SAT Test Form, Structure, and Sense 1

Question 1

The committee of five members _______ meeting every Tuesday to review the proposals.

Accepted Answer

is

Answer

'Committee' is a collective noun treated as singular in American English, so it takes the singular verb 'is.'

Question 2

By the time the investigators arrived, the suspect _______ the building.

Accepted Answer

had left

Answer

'Had left' (past perfect) is correct because the suspect's departure occurred before the investigators' arrival—an earlier past action.

Question 3

Each of the students in the advanced class _______ required to submit an original research paper.

Accepted Answer

is

Answer

'Each' is an indefinite pronoun that is always singular, so it takes the singular verb 'is.'

Question 4

The report noted that neither the manager nor the employees _______ aware of the policy change.

Accepted Answer

were

Answer

With 'neither…nor,' the verb agrees with the nearer subject; 'employees' is plural, so 'were' is correct.

Question 5

Serena handed the invitation to both Marcus and _______.

Accepted Answer

them

Answer

After a preposition ('to'), object pronouns are required; 'Marcus and them' uses the correct object-case pronoun.

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