The sentence 'The group of students are arriving soon' has a subject-verb agreement error. Correct it.

• A. The group of students is arriving soon.
• B. The group of students are arriving soon.
• C. The groups of student is arriving soon.
• D. The group of students arriving soon.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is subject-verb agreement when a singular subject is followed by a prepositional phrase. The core subject is group, which is singular, so the verb must be singular as well. The phrase of students doesn’t change the number; it’s just a modifier describing the group. That’s why the correct sentence uses is arriving.

If you use are arriving, it makes the subject seem plural, which isn’t how we treat a collective noun like group in standard usage. The version with groups of student is arriving soon mixes plural and singular forms and has the wrong noun form inside the phrase, so it’s not correct. The version The group of students arriving soon leaves out a finite verb and isn’t a complete sentence.

So, The group of students is arriving soon.