Question

read the introduction to marias personal narrative, \teaching saturday school.\

on saturday mornings, i wol arabic to the children who attend my mosque. i wake up at eight oclock and prepare my lesson as i eat breakfast. its hard work, but the look on my students faces when they wol a new word is priceless.

fill in the blanks in order.

taught . . . . understands
taught . . . . understand
teach . . . . understand
teach . . . . understood

Explanation:

Analyze the narrative context

The passage is an introduction to a personal narrative written in the present tense. We can identify this by looking at the surrounding verbs: "wake up," "prepare," "eat," and "is." To maintain consistent verb tense in Narrative Writing, the first blank should also use the present tense. Since the subject is "I," the correct present tense verb is "teach."

Determine subject-verb agreement

The second blank follows the subject "they," which refers back to the plural noun "students." For proper subject-verb agreement in the present tense, a plural subject ("they") requires the base form of the verb without an "-s." Therefore, the correct verb is "understand."

Evaluate the options

• "taught . . . understands": Incorrect tense (past) and incorrect agreement.
• "taught . . . understand": Incorrect tense (past) for the first blank.
• "teach . . . understand": Correct present tense ("teach") and correct plural agreement ("understand").
• "teach . . . understood": Incorrect tense mixture (present then past).

Answer:

• (A) taught . . . understands
• (B) taught . . . understand
• (C) teach . . . understand (Correct answer)
• (D) teach . . . understood