Question

The Panel_____
deciding how they want to select the winner

a. have been
b. are
c. is
d. were ​

Answer 1

Your answer :

The Panel_____

deciding how they want to select the winner

a. have been

b. are

c. is ✍️✍️

d. were

Answer 2

The correct answer is

B. are.

Explanation:

The sentence is in present tense.

The panel is discussing the ways through which they will decide the winner.

The work is a on going process, which means it is still happening so from the given options any past tense or past perfect tense is removed.

Only the present tense verbs are viable for this question.

• There are various types of verbs that comr under this category.
• For eg: (Is, are ) they are the most common used.

For the above question also, The verb are is used because the 'panel' might sound as a singular noun but it consists of many people together sitting and making a final decision.

Hence, the verb 'are' is used.