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by conquistador » Mon May 02, 2016 7:44 am
Teachers at a public high school stated that although anti-racism workshops had been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks were still considerably high.

A. although anti-racism workshops had been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks were
B. even though anti-racism workshops have been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks was
C. although anti-racism workshops are being conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks is
D. although anti-racism workshops are conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks was
E. even though anti-racism workshops had been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks was
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by OptimusPrep » Mon May 02, 2016 7:42 pm
Mechmeera wrote:Teachers at a public high school stated that although anti-racism workshops had been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks were still considerably high.

A. although anti-racism workshops had been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks were
B. even though anti-racism workshops have been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks was
C. although anti-racism workshops are being conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks is
D. although anti-racism workshops are conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks was
E. even though anti-racism workshops had been conducted with the student body, the incidence of racist remarks was
Subject of this sentence is "incidence of racist remarks" and this is singular.
Hence we can eliminate A

Always remember that if a reporting verb is in past tense, the following verbs must use a past tense, as the action has occurred in the past.

By this, we can eliminate options B, C and D

Correct Option: E
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