Direction: In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
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For a week last month, the team’s 20 players were stranded because the Government issued passport is not up to international standards,
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- Government-issued passports were not up to international standards
- Government-issued passports are not up to international standards
- the passports issued by the government were not up to international standards
- No improvement
Correct Option: A
the team’s 20 players → Plural Subject
Hence, Passports will be used.
Simple Past Tense and Plural Verb-were will be used.
Hence, Government-issued passports were not up to international standards is the right usage.
