Which of the sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?
A The dog and the cat is a popular domestic pet.
B The dog and the cat are popular domestic pets.
C Dogs and cats are popular domestic pets.
Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?
A Each of the singers are off key!
B Each of the singers is off key!
Which sentence is the compound sentence?
A We wanted to travel over the mountains, but our little car could not make the grade.
B Even though we wanted to travel over the mountains, our little car could not make the grade.
1 & 2 — “is” = singular; “are” = plural.
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3 — compound sentences are made of two independent clauses joined by a semicolon or a coordinating conjunction.
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What are the answers
To determine the correct subject-verb agreement in the given sentences, we need to identify whether the subject is singular or plural, and then choose the appropriate verb form to agree with the subject.
For the first question, sentence A ("The dog and the cat is a popular domestic pet") is incorrect because it uses the singular verb form "is" with a plural subject ("the dog and the cat"). The correct form in this case is sentence C ("Dogs and cats are popular domestic pets"), which uses the plural verb form "are" to agree with the plural subject.
For the second question, sentence A ("Each of the singers are off key!") is incorrect because it uses the plural verb form "are" with the singular subject ("each of the singers"). The correct form is sentence B ("Each of the singers is off key!"), which uses the singular verb form "is" to agree with the singular subject.
For the third question, a compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (such as "and," "but," or "or"). Sentence A ("We wanted to travel over the mountains, but our little car could not make the grade") is a compound sentence because it has two independent clauses ("We wanted to travel over the mountains" and "our little car could not make the grade") joined by the coordinating conjunction "but." Sentence B ("Even though we wanted to travel over the mountains, our little car could not make the grade") is not a compound sentence because it only has one independent clause.