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Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Question 6 • AZ-English Language Arts 11 B-CR

Read the paragraph.[1] Our house was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. [2] It was common for an enslaved person to stop there on their way to the North. [3] The Underground Railroad were a network of hiding places. [4] The cellar beneath our house has a secret door that was installed to trick enslavers.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

Answer
A
sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 3
D
sentence 4

Explanation

In sentence 3, the subject “The Underground Railroad” is singular, so it needs the singular verb “was,” not “were.” The sentence should read, “The Underground Railroad was a network of hiding places.” The other sentences have subjects and verbs that agree.

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