The players, as well as the coach, ____ required to attend the meeting.

Complete sentence: The players, as well as the coach, were required to attend the meeting.

​ ​• Subject-Verb agreement অনুযায়ী:
​- With, together with, along with, as well as, in addition to, accompanied with/by, and not, including, excluding, but, except ইত্যাদি দ্বারা কোনো noun or pronoun যুক্ত হলে, verb সর্বদা প্রথম subject (noun/ pronoun) অনুযায়ী হবে।
- অর্থাৎ, প্রথম noun/ pronoun টি singular হলে verb টি singular হবে।
- আবার প্রথম noun/ pronoun টি plural হলে verb টি plural হবে।

• The players, as well as the coach, ____ required attend the meeting.
- বাক্যে players হলো প্রথম subject, যা plural.
- তাই প্রথম subject অনুসারে were ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।

অন্য options ভুল:

ক) had - past tense, context অনুযায়ী simple past plural verb were প্রয়োজন।

খ) has been - singular verb, কিন্তু subject "players" plural.

গ) was- singular verb, "players" plural এর সাথে মিলবে না।

Source: A Passage to the English Language, S.M. Zakir Hussain.