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The team of horses runs across the prairie, startling the sunbathing birds.
The team of horses runs across the prairie, startling the sunbathing birds.
A band of coyotes roam the forest next to the lake, occasionally coming to the shore for a drink.
A band of coyotes roam the forest next to the lake, occasionally coming to the shore for a drink.
The flock of sheep scurry down the path, nudged on by the border collies running beside them.
The flock of sheep scurry down the path, nudged on by the border collies running beside them.
A herd of elephants move slowly across the savanna, the youngest weaving between legs of their mothers.
1 answer
The correct sentence where the subject agrees with the verb is:
The team of horses runs across the prairie, startling the sunbathing birds.
In this sentence, "team" is a collective noun treated as a singular subject, which agrees with the singular verb "runs."
The other sentences have mismatched subjects and verbs, as collective nouns like "band," "flock," and "herd" should take singular verbs (roams, scurries, moves) when they refer to the group as a single entity.
