9. Which of the following sentences contains a compound subject? a. Aria and Synco danced with each other until dawn. b. Sierra is a creative welder, and her art is the best in the valley. c. Gregorovich shows a quick grasp of computer programming. d. Sharif is a fast runner, but Lianne is faster.

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In which of the following sentences do the subjects and verb agree? a. The dogs, the cat, and the mouse is running around the cabin. b. The mouse sneak into a hole. c. The dogs runs around the hole, barking. d. The cat sits quietly, waiting for the dust to settle. 21. Read the following sentence. The flower on the porch complement the white columns of the architecture. Choose the revision of the sentence that corrects the problem in subject-verb agreement. a. The flower on the porches complement the white column of the architectures. b. The flowers on the porch complement the white columns of the architecture. c. The flowers on the porch complements the white columns of the architecture. d. No revision is needed. 22. Read this sentence summarizing a scene from “Uncle Richard’s New Year’s Dinner” by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Prissy learned two things during that overheard conversation: first, that Uncle Richard would be out of town for the afternoon, and second, that he had nobody to make his New Year’s dinner. Which type of sentence is this example sentence? a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound-complex

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9. Which of the following sentences contains a compound subject?

a. Aria and Synco danced with each other until dawn. (Compound subject: Aria and Synco)
b. Sierra is a creative welder, and her art is the best in the valley. (Not a compound subject)
c. Gregorovich shows a quick grasp of computer programming. (Not a compound subject)
d. Sharif is a fast runner, but Lianne is faster. (Not a compound subject)

Answer: a. Aria and Synco danced with each other until dawn.

In which of the following sentences do the subjects and verb agree?

a. The dogs, the cat, and the mouse is running around the cabin. (Incorrect: "is" should be "are")
b. The mouse sneak into a hole. (Incorrect: "sneak" should be "sneaks")
c. The dogs runs around the hole, barking. (Incorrect: "runs" should be "run")
d. The cat sits quietly, waiting for the dust to settle. (Correct: subject and verb agree)

Answer: d. The cat sits quietly, waiting for the dust to settle.

Choose the revision of the sentence that corrects the problem in subject-verb agreement:

a. The flower on the porches complement the white column of the architectures. (Incorrect: subject and verb agreement is wrong; "complement" should be "complements," and "porches" should be singular)
b. The flowers on the porch complement the white columns of the architecture. (Correct: plural subject matches the plural verb)
c. The flowers on the porch complements the white columns of the architecture. (Incorrect: "complements" should be "complement")
d. No revision is needed. (Incorrect, a revision is needed)

Answer: b. The flowers on the porch complement the white columns of the architecture.

Which type of sentence is this example sentence? The sentence summarizes two pieces of information Prissy learned, linked by "first" and "second."

a. simple (Does not qualify; it's not a simple sentence as it has multiple independent clauses)
b. compound (Not a compound sentence; the relationships of the clauses are not coordinating)
c. complex (Not a complex sentence; there are no dependent clauses)
d. compound-complex (This is correct since there are multiple independent clauses and a coordinating element)

Answer: d. compound-complex.