(1) The choir’s melodic voices helped Andrew drifts to sleep in the church’s front pew. (2) He only woke up when his mother grabbed him by his ear and twisted really hard. (3) Andrew’s eyes flies open in surprise. (4) He hadn’t even realized that he had fallen asleep. (5) After service was over, Andrew’s mom makes him apologize to all the choir members individually. (6) He will feel sorry in more ways than one last Sunday.

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What is the best change, if any, to make to sentence 1?
A.
It is correct as is.
B.
Change drifts to drift.
C.
Change helped to helps.
D.
Change to sleep to slept.

1 answer

The best change to make to sentence 1 is:

B. Change drifts to drift.

The corrected sentence would read: "The choir’s melodic voices helped Andrew drift to sleep in the church’s front pew." This change maintains the correct verb tense and subject-verb agreement.