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And which sentence does the subject agree with the verb a the flock of sheep screwing down the path nudged on by the border collies running beside them be the team of horses runs across the Prairie darling the sunbathing Birds see a band of coyotes from the forest next to the lake occasionally coming to the shore for a drink

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In the sentence you provided, the subject does not seem to agree with the verb in a grammatically correct way. Here's a breakdown of the phrases:

  1. "the flock of sheep screwing down the path nudged on by the border collies running beside them" - The subject "flock" is singular, and the verb "nudged" appropriately agrees with it.

  2. "the team of horses runs across the Prairie" - Here, "team" is also singular, so "runs" agrees with it.

  3. "the sunbathing Birds see a band of coyotes from the forest next to the lake occasionally coming to the shore for a drink" - In this part, "Birds" is plural, but then the sentence begins with a new subject "a band," which is singular. Therefore, the verb "see" should agree with "a band," making it singular.

The sentences must maintain subject-verb agreement throughout. Here’s a corrected version focusing on subject-verb agreement:

  • "The flock of sheep nudged down the path, nudged on by the border collies running beside them."
  • "The team of horses runs across the prairie."
  • "The sunbathing birds see a band of coyotes from the forest next to the lake coming to the shore for a drink."

If you want to identify the one instance of correct agreement, both "the flock of sheep nudged" and "the team of horses runs" are correct. The discrepancies arise with plural versus singular usages in other parts.