Question

Read the paragraph. [1] Studies have shown that kids who eat healthy food have more energy. [2] When students are more energized, they get better grades. [3] Still, half the students at Lincoln High eat pizza at its lunchtime. [4] The school plans to start offering healthier options like salads and fruit as an alternative. What is the cause of the agreement error in sentence 3?

a. gender
b. number
c. person
d. antecedent

Answer 1

The agreement error in sentence 3 of the specified paragraph is a number agreement issue, where 'half the students' is a plural noun and the verb should be 'eat' instead of 'eats'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The cause of the agreement error in sentence 3 of the paragraph is related to the word number. Referencing 'half the students', which is a plural noun phrase, the verb should also be plural to maintain proper subject-verb agreement. However, 'eats' is a singular verb, so it should be corrected to 'eat' to correctly align with the plural subject 'half the students'. Thus, the correct answer to the question is b. number.

Answer 2

An agreement error is a pronoun not agreeing with its antecedent or however you spell that.

So in this case, the pronoun would be its and the antecedent, students.

So we can eliminate D and A, because the problem isn't in the gender is incorrect nor the half the students part.

It should be B, the number, because its is singular, so instead it should be something like their.