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Grammar Practice . #1. Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement. 1. Neither of the teachers (see, sees) those students after school. 2. Neither Thomas nor his brothers (is, are) going to Chicago. 3. Either of the players (is, are) capable of a home run.
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Subject-Verb AgreementPronoun-Antecedent Agreement • 1. Neither of the teachers (see, sees) those students after school. • 2. Neither Thomas nor his brothers (is, are) going to Chicago. • 3. Either of the players (is, are) capable of a home run. • 4. Each of the students will take (his, their) test on Friday. • 5. One of the books lost (its, their) cover. • 6. Neither Marissa nor her sister lost (her, their) job.
7. Correct or Incorrect? • Nobody wanted their lunch after seeing that film in science.
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers • 8. Peering through the binoculars, hundreds of bats were visible. • Peering through the binoculars, we saw hundreds of bats. • 9. Flying near the ceiling, our class watched the bats. • Our class watched the bats flying near the ceiling.
10. Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct. • Waking up from a three-hour nap Gretchen realized she had overslept. • Waking up from a three-hour nap; Gretchen realized she had overslept. • Gretchen woke up from a three-hour nap and she realized she had overslept. • Waking up from a three-hour nap, Gretchen realized she had overslept.