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Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement

Question 6 • ARC English 10 Semester 2 CR/Summer

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. Tommy the Clown or the Hip Hop Clowns travel the world performing for diverse audiences. How should the sentence above be rewritten to correct the subject-verb agreement error?

Answer
A
The sentence is correct as written.
B
Tommy the Clown or the Hip Hop Clowns travels the world performing for diverse audiences.
C
Tommy the Clown or the Hip Hop Clowns was travelling the world performing for diverse audiences.
D
Tommy the Clown and the Hip Hop Clowns travels the world performing for diverse audiences.

Explanation

With subjects joined by “or,” the verb agrees with the subject closest to it. “The Hip Hop Clowns,” the nearer subject, is plural, so “travel” is the correct verb form. The sentence is correct as written.

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