Question

1.) What is wrong with the following sentence: In the past, weather officals will give hurricanes names.

A.) The number of the subject and verb do not agree.

B.) There is a shift in verb tense.

C.) Nothing. The sentence is correct as is.

2.) Which clause is the dependent clause in the sentence: Ben hunts better than his sister can. A.) Ben hunts better

B.) than his sister can

C.) There's no dependent clause in this sentence.

3.) The boy claps when they revealed the special cake.

Which sentence below is more clearly written in the sentence above?

A.) The boy clapped when he saw the reveal of the special cake.

B.) The boy clapped when he saw them reveal the special cake.

C.) He clapped when they revealed the special cake.

4.) Which of the following sentences uses correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?

A.) A loaf of bread sits on their Shelf.

B.) Both took his or her favorite dish to the party.

C.) I asked Lou to tell me his secret ingredient.

Answer 1

1. B.
2. B.
3. B.
4. C.
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Answer 2

1.

B) There is a shift in verb tense.

2.

B) than his sister can

3.

C.) He clapped when they revealed the special cake

4.

C.) I asked Lou to tell me his secret ingredient.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given sentences,

1. In the past, weather officials will give hurricanes names.

Here, the verb tense is wrong. With the sentence being from "the past", the use of "will" is invalid or wrong.

2. Ben hunts better than his sister can.

Firstly, independent clauses are those sentences that can stand alone. Dependent clause is that collection or group of words that have to depend on another group of words to be fully understandable or have meaning. So, from the above sentence, "than his sister can" is the dependent clause as it doesn't make any sense on it's own and have to depend on the preceding words to make a complete sentence.

3. The boy claps when they revealed the special cake.

Here, the verbs are in the wrong tenses. So, the word "claps" will be replaced by "clapped".

4. I asked Lou to tell me his secret ingredient.

The other two options' use of the pronoun-antecedent are wrong.