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Title: Noun-Agreement

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S3-L2

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.
2	Clue	In a noun agreement, the verb, subject, and noun agree in the number.
3	Hint	In the given sentence, the subject and verb are in a plural number.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	Choice.A	My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours. The sentence "My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours" is correct in terms of noun agreement. The noun "flight" is singular and agrees with the singular verb "delay." Additionally, the plural noun "parents" correctly agrees with the plural verb "were." The sentence is grammatically accurate in terms of noun and verb agreement.	No change
6	Choice.B	My parents was stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours. The sentence is incorrect due to a subject-verb agreement error. "Parents" is plural, so the correct verb form is "were" instead of "was."	parents was
7	Choice.C	My parents them stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours. The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the misuse of the pronoun "them." It doesn’t indicate the ongoing situation and maintains proper subject-verb agreement.	parents them
8	Choice.D	My parents their stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours. The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of the word "their." "Their" is a possessive pronoun and doesn’t serve the purpose of indicating the action of being stuck. The verb "were" is needed to indicate the tense instead of the word "their" in the sentence. The use of "were" is appropriate to indicate the state of being stuck occurred in the past.	parents their
9	Step:	Correct sentence	My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.
10	Answer	Option	A
11	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.

Clue

In a noun agreement, the verb, subject, and noun agree in the number.

Hint

In the given sentence, the subject and verb are in a plural number.

Sumup

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

Choice.A

My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.

The sentence "My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours" is correct in terms of noun agreement. The noun "flight" is singular and agrees with the singular verb "delay." Additionally, the plural noun "parents" correctly agrees with the plural verb "were." The sentence is grammatically accurate in terms of noun and verb agreement.

No change

Choice.B

My parents was stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.

The sentence is incorrect due to a subject-verb agreement error. "Parents" is plural, so the correct verb form is "were" instead of "was."

parents was

Choice.C

My parents them stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the misuse of the pronoun "them." It doesn’t indicate the ongoing situation and maintains proper subject-verb agreement.

parents them

Choice.D

My parents their stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.

The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of the word "their." "Their" is a possessive pronoun and doesn’t serve the purpose of indicating the action of being stuck. The verb "were" is needed to indicate the tense instead of the word "their" in the sentence. The use of "were" is appropriate to indicate the state of being stuck occurred in the past.

parents their

Step:

Correct sentence

My parents were stuck in the airport due to the delay of the flight for 12 hours.

Answer

Option

Sumup

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

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