Mahmud6 wrote:
Neither the late 18th century composers, such as Mozart or Haydn, nor Beethoven, as well as Schubert in the early 19th century, were known to compose in the suite format, so popular in the Baroque period.
(A) were known to compose
(B) were known in composing
(C) were known for composing
(D) was known to compose
(E) was known by composing
A,B,C are out. 'Beethoven' is a singular noun so we need 'was'.
E - Out. Was known by composing - Weird meaning.
D - Correct answer. SV agreement + 'known to
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