Question

Each of the players (was/were)

hoping to be selected for the

University team.​

Answer 1

Answer:

were

Explanation:....

Answer 2

Each of the players was hoping to be selected for the University team.​

• Fill in the blanks questions consists of a blank space in a sentence which needs to be filled to make a meaningful sentence.
• The sentences are generally filled with correct tenses, verbs, articles, determiners, nouns etc.
• The correct term used in the sentence will be - Was
• The term was is a linking verb.
• It is used  both with the first person singular and the third person singular
• In the given sentence, each is mentioned, which means that all players were hoping to get selected for the team.
• Thus, the correct sentence is - Each of the players was hoping to be selected for the University team.​

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