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4. No one from her family have graduated from
                        college.

                                        5. Mondays and Tuesdays are my only days off from

                        work.

                                        6. Dinner and homework assignments was the only

                        things on David’s agenda for tonight.

                                        7. Suzanne and Carlos’s boss always schedule extra
                        shifts for them when they need more money.

                                        8. The science textbook or the two math textbooks

                        belongs to Sam.

                                        9. Why has the game been canceled today?

                                        10. Here is the schedule for the next two weeks.




               Review Exercise 13-3 Finding and



               Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Errors



               In each set of sentences, cross out the two verbs that do not agree

               with their subjects. Then write the correct verb forms on the lines

               provided.



                    1.  The two quizzes in math class was not difficult, but the test was

                        very hard. However, the last two problems on the test was for

                        extra credit.

                        Sentence 1:                       Sentence 2:



                    2.  Not one of the animals in that pet shop look very healthy. An

                        animal adopted through the Humane Society cost much less,
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