Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject and Verb Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase

For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.

For help with this exercise, see chapter 24 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. Although women in this century (faces, face) less discrimination than ever before, they still encounter many obstacles that men do not.
    1. women/faces
    2. women/face
    3. century/faces
    4. century/face
  1. Question 1.131

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  2. Question 1.132

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  3. Question 1.133

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  4. Question 1.134

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  5. Question 1.135

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  6. Question 1.136

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  7. Question 1.137

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  8. Question 1.138

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  9. Question 1.139

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  10. Question 1.140

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