Verbals, Verb Tense Consistency, and Subject/ Verb Agreement

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Disturbing or damaging the alien environment:

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C. to disturb or damage

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Correct form of 'respond' in: 'If each of Mrs. Carter's former students respond to this request...'

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responds

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Finishing my homework by eight, I watched a movie and talk with my friend the rest of the evening.

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watched a movie and talked

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Either my jacket or your shoes ______ always on the floor.

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is

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All tapes, even the blank one, ___________ to be rewound.

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need

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While my son did homework, my husband _____ up the kitchen after dinner.

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was cleaning

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The man with all the birds ________ down the street

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lives

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To stare at the items on the sales rack, Jill could not make a quick decision.

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staring

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Creek Indians valued kettle-shaped gourds as bird feeders, attracting birds that protected crops. Many cultures appreciated gourds for their musical properties. A unique orchestra recorded music played exclusively on gourds.

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appreciated, exclusively

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Correctly written: Gravity is a law of nature; consequently, people fall down stairs, objects glide toward the Earth, and our water and atmosphere remain out of space.

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; consequently, ... fall ... glide ... remain