CHAPTER 3, MASTERING SENTENCE STRUCTURE Page 35

  • EXERCISE

    4A. Practice subject/verb agreement. Rewrite the following sentences by
            correcting any subject/verb agreement errors such as those described
            above.

    1. Everyone have been ordered to leave the building!
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    2. Nobody I know seem to want to major in classical languages.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    3. Of the four guards who was on duty, only one have reported
         hearing the alarm go off.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    4. Everyone who work here are covered by the company's dental
          insurance.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    5. Two passengers who was carrying guns have been arrested.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    6. Something tell me that I have missed the bus.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________

    7. Serena's grandmother, who live in Damascus, Syria, will visit her
        next week.
           _______________________________________________________
           _______________________________________________________


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