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Problem

Joe and Tara doesn’t want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks.

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Clue

The verb in the sentence matches the number, person, or gender of the subject displaying the subject-verb agreement in the sentence.

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Hint

Plural verbs are matched with the plural subjects in the sentence, ensuring verb and subject numbers agree.

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Sumup

Please summarize choices

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Step

CHOICES

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Choice-A

Joe and Tara doesn’t want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks. The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to a subject-verb agreement error.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

Joe and Tara do want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks. The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to a lack of parallel structure.

Wrong do

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Choice-C

Joe and Tara don’t want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks. "Joe and Tara" is a plural subject, and the verb "don’t" is the appropriate plural form to agree with the subject. The pronoun "they" correctly refers to "their children," maintaining clarity and coherence in the sentence.

Correct don’t

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Choice-D

Joe and Tara does want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks. The sentence is incorrect due to a subject-verb agreement error. The subject "Joe and Tara" is plural, but the verb "does" is singular. To make the sentence grammatically correct, you should use the plural form of the verb.

Wrong does

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Step

Complete sentence - Joe and Tara don’t want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks.

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Answer

Option C

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Sumup

Please summarize choices