Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
The teacher who had conducted the workshop earlier, (1)/ along with his assistants, (2) / have submitted the final report to the board (3) / before the deadline last week. (4)
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The part of the sentence that contains an error is (3) have submitted the final report to the board.
Explanation:
Subject-Verb Agreement: The main subject of the sentence is "The teacher," which is singular. When a subject is joined to another noun using phrases like "along with," "as well as," or "together with," the verb must agree with the first subject. Therefore, "have" (plural) should be replaced with "has" (singular).
Tense Consistency: Since the action occurred "last week" (a specific time in the past), the simple past tense "submitted" would also be more appropriate than the present perfect "have submitted."
Corrected Sentence: "The teacher who had conducted the workshop earlier, along with his assistants, has submitted (or submitted) the final report to the board before the deadline last week."