1. Write a sentence in which the subject is separated from the verb by a prepositional phrase.
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2. Write a sentence in which the verb comes before the subject.
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3. Write a sentence in which the subject has two or more parts.
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4. Write a sentence using the word everybody as the subject.
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5. Write a sentence using the word few .
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Step 2: Write a paragraph of at least five sentences about any topic. After you finish, check to make sure your subjects and verbs agree with each other, and correct any mistakes you find.
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Step 3: For each sentence below, select the choice in which the subjects and verbs agree with each other. If the original sentence is correct, select "No change."
1. Practically everyone, at some time or other, use a phrase similar to "My desk has become a black hole!" [Hint ]
2. Helping us express our frustration over the messes on our desks are the phrase, now something like a curse, "Black hole!" [Hint ]
3. Even among space enthusiasts, few is aware that the possible existence of an object from which light could not escape was first proposed by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1795. [Hint ]
4. Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity and Laplace's work was the breakthroughs making possible the concept of what is now known as a black hole. [Hint ]
5. Many people in the present day generally understands the concept of a black hole. [Hint ]
6. The idea is that everything that fall into a black hole can never escape from it. [Hint ]
7. Modifying this idea are the physicist Stephen Hawking's 2004 statements that matter can escape from black holes, but in unrecognizable form. [Hint ]
8. Therefore, some physicists and Hawking agrees that all matter that black holes capture is not destroyed. [Hint ]
9. By their very nature, theories can change, and several ideas about black holes is now under consideration. [Hint ]
10. Whether or not matter escapes from black holes, nobody want to be anywhere near one. [Hint ]
Step 4: Now that you have practiced making subjects and verbs agree with each other, think about a scientific idea that interests you, such as black holes, nature, the environment, how things work, or any health-related topic. Then, write a paragraph about this idea. In your paragraph, include the following: a sentence in which the subject is separated from the verb by a prepositional phrase, a sentence in which the verb comes before the subject, a sentence in which the subject has two or more parts, a sentence using an indefinite pronoun that takes a singular verb, and a sentence using an indefinite pronoun that takes a plural verb. After you finish, check to make sure your subjects and verbs agree with each other, and correct any errors you find.
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