Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Among the artifacts discovered at the site ______ a bronze mirror and two clay pots.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. were
- Step 1: Recognize the inverted sentence structure beginning with the prepositional phrase 'Among the artifacts...'
- Step 2: The true subject appears after the verb: 'a bronze mirror and two clay pots', which forms a plural compound subject.
- Step 3: A plural subject requires the plural verb were.
Answer
were.
Why not the others: Was is singular and fails subject-verb agreement.
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