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Read the sentences. Horses from the ranches gallops in the nearby fields. The horses often chase rabbits, squirrels, or possum. Which is the best way to fix the subject-verb agreement error in these sentences?

A
Change “ranches” to “ranch”
B
Change “horses” to “horse”
C
Change “chase” to “chases”
D
Change “gallops” to “gallop”
5

Read the sentence. The dogs or the cat are responsible for the mess. Which sentence best revises the subject-verb agreement error in the sentence?

A
The dogs and the cats are responsible for the mess.
B
The dogs or the cats is responsible for the messess.
C
The dogs or the cat is responsible for the mess.
D
The dogs or the cats is responsible for the mess.
6

A pronoun and its antecedent must agree in

A
gender, number, and subject.
B
number, gender, and person.
C
person, number, and object.
D
number, person, and subject.
9

Which best describes a rule for subject-verb agreement?

A
Plural subjects can have singular or plural verbs.
B
Singular subjects have singular verbs.
C
Phrases or clauses should never separate subjects and verbs.
D
Compound subjects joined by “and” are never plural.

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