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You can say:

  • "The group (of dancers) was highly recommended." or
  • "The dancers were highly recommended."

Alternatively you can say "The groups (of dancers) were highly recommended."

EXPLANATION

Group is a singular collective noun. e.g. A group of dancers.

The pronoun for a group, or the group, is 'it'. Therefore -> It (the group) was highly recommended.

Dancers is plural. The pronoun for 'dancers' is 'they'. Therefore ->They (the dancers) were highly recommended.

'Groups' is also plural. So 'They (the groups) were recommended' would be correct.

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But the question is talking about a group (of dancers). It is easy to make the mistake of thinking about 'the group of dancers' as a plural noun phrase, but 'the group' is clearly a singular collective noun, so the verb takes the third person singular form. i.e. he, she, it was...

So the correct grammar is: 'The group of dancers was highly recommended.'

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