Question

passage 1
identifying sentences with correct agreement
read each sentence. three of the sentences have at least one error in agreement, but one of
the sentences is correct. identify the correct sentence in each set.

• either liz or jobeth are dancing with grandfather

tonight.

• the ecology club disagree among themselves about

where to put recycling bins.

• neither the trapezoids nor the parallelogram were

drawn well.

• did you know that the three musketeers are raoul’s

favorite book?

Explanation:

• "Either Liz or Jobeth are dancing..." has a subject-verb agreement error (singular subjects with "either/or" take singular verb "is").
• "Neither the trapezoids nor the parallelogram were..." has an error: "neither/nor" agrees with the closer subject ("parallelogram," singular), so should be "was."
• "The Three Musketeers are Raoul's favorite book..." has an error: the title is a singular work, so should be "is."
• "The ecology club disagree among themselves..." is correct: collective nouns like "club" take plural verbs when referring to members' individual actions (disagreeing among themselves).

Answer:

The ecology club disagree among themselves about where to put recycling bins.