Find out which part of the sentence has an error.
The captain along with his team are practicing very hard for the forthcoming matches.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → are practicing very hard
Subject-verb agreement with "along with":
- When two nouns are joined by along with, as well as, together with or with, the verb agrees with the first noun.
- This sentence: the subject is "The captain" (singular), so the verb must be singular: "The captain along with his team is practising very hard".
Example: The teacher along with her students is going on a trip.
The Captain along with his team — No error. The subject phrase is correctly formed.
are practicing very hard — Error. The singular subject needs is practising ("practicing" in American spelling).
Corrected: The captain along with his team is practising very hard for the forthcoming matches.
for the — No error. One practises for a match.
forthcoming matches — No error. Forthcoming means about to happen soon.