The hair on her head _________________ in a fashionable way.
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was tied
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were tied
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is tied
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was tide
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Hair can be treated as a collective singular noun meaning hairstyle or hair mass, so was tied agrees with singular hair. Were tied would need hairs (individual strands). Is tied creates tense mismatch with fashionable implying description. Was tide is a spelling error.