EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement

EXERCISE 21–4Subject-verb agreement

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1 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 1 of 10: Before reaching college, nearly everyone already (knows / know) several facts about fables.

2 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 2 of 10: Fables are short stories that (conveys / convey) a moral.

3 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 3 of 10: Fables nearly always revolve around animals, but animal characters alone (is / are) not a signal that the story is a fable.

4 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 4 of 10: Aesop, to whom most familiar fables in Western culture (has / have) been attributed, lived from 620 to 560 BCE.

5 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 5 of 10: There (is / are) generally only two or three characters in an Aesop fable.

6 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 6 of 10: A crowd of observers almost never (has / have) a role in his stories.

7 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 7 of 10: The subject matter of Aesop’s fables (is / are) nearly always the same. Most of the fables point out the value of common sense or make gentle fun of human failings.

8 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 8 of 10: Since neither foolish behavior nor human failings (seems / seem) to be in short supply, Aesop’s stories continue to be told.

9 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 9 of 10: Aesop’s fables have always attracted a wide audience; adults and children (enjoys / enjoy) them, and almost everyone knows at least one fable.

10 of 10

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EXERCISE 21–4 Subject-verb agreement - 10 of 10: “The Fox and the Grapes,” for instance, (is / are) familiar to many children as a story long before they know how to read.