1.2 Verb Subject Agreement

How should the underlined passage be modified?

To alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated. When any one of these changes occur, it is likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.

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• occur, they are

• occurs, they are

• occurs, it is

How should the underlined passaged be modified?

A 1954 documentary about renowned watercolor painter Doug Kingman shows the artist sitting on a stool on Mott Street in New York City's Chinatown. A crowd of admiring spectators watched as Kingman squeezes dollops of paint from several tubes into a tin watercolor box.

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• would watch

• watches

How should the underlined passage be modified?

Beginning in the 1870s, Fred Harvey opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, was unique for its high standards of service and quality.

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• were unique for their

• was unique for their

• were unique for its

How should the underlined passage be modified?

The 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit's production of ethylene. Some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others did and some even respond adversely.

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• do,

• have,

• will,

We were surprised to learn that neither Jeremy nor the twins ________ been tardy all year.

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• have

• is

• are