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Title: Subject-Verb Agreement

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S3-L1

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	Joe and Tara doesn’t want to see their children’s progress record because they are scoring fewer marks.
2	Clue	The verb in the sentences matches the number, person, or gender of the subject displaying the subject-verb agreement in the sentence.
3	Hint	Singular verbs are matched with singular subjects in the sentence, ensuring verb and subject numbers agree.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	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.	No change
6	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.	do
7	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.	don’t
8	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.	does
9	Step:	Correct sentence	Joe and Tara don’t want to see their children’s progress report because they are scoring fewer marks.
10	Answer	Option	C
11	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

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

Clue

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

Hint

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

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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.

No change

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.

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.

don’t

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.

does

Step:

Correct sentence

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

Answer

Option

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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