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Read the sentence. [1] Alejandro’s guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents think he’ll have time to do the work for both courses, and both is offered at the same time. [4] He plans to decide the week before classes start.Which sentence has an indefinite pronoun-verb agreement error?

A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4
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Read the paragraph.[1] Alejandro’s guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents thinks he’ll have time to do the work for both courses. [4] Alejandro plans to wait until the week before school starts to decide.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4
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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 “horses” to “horse”
B
Change “chase” to “chases”
C
Change “ranches” to “ranch”
D
Change “gallops” to “gallop”
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Read the sentence. We rode our bikes to meet them at the lake.Which part of the sentence is the subjective pronoun?

A
them
B
our
C
we
D
at
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Read the sentence. I was so proud of ______ when I ran a mile in under six minutes. Which best fits in the blank?

A
itself
B
yourself
C
myself
D
herself
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Which best describes a rule for subject-verb agreement?

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

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