Lexis and structure: Choose the option that best completes the gap. Each of the players ___ a chance to participate in the tournament.

“Each” is always singular, regardless of what follows. “Each of the players” = “each one” = singular, so the verb is “has” (singular).

This is a common grammar trap. The noun “players” is plural, but “each” refers to them one at a time, making it grammatically singular.

Similar words that are always singular: every, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody, no one, nobody, either, neither.