Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• A. The team of players are winning the game.
• B. The team of players is winning the game.
• C. The teams of players is winning the game.
• D. The team of players were winning the game.

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is subject-verb agreement with collective nouns. The subject is “the team,” which is a single unit, even though it’s described as a group of players. The phrase “of players” is a modifier and doesn’t change the number of the subject. So the verb should be singular to match the team acting as one entity: is winning.

That’s why the sentence with is winning is the correct fit. Using are would treat the team as multiple individuals, which doesn’t align with treating the team as a single unit. Using is with teams would mismatch the subject number, since teams is plural. Using were would be past tense, not the present action implied by is winning.