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Which sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error?

Turtles hide in their shells when they are scared.


The members of the book club reads a new book every month.



I throw pennies into fountains every time I pass them.



They do not go to the movies very often

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Answer:

sentence 3

Step-by-step explanation:

User Wojtek Dmyszewicz
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Answer:

The members of the book club reads a new book every month.

Step-by-step explanation:

Subject-verb agreement is all about writing the subject and the predicate of the sentence in the same person and number.

In sentence 1), subject is "turtles", which is third person plural. Verb is "hide" which is also form for third person plural.

Third sentence uses "I" and "throw" and here subject and verb also agree.

Last sentence's subject is "they", third person plural and it agrees with the form "do not go".

Finally, sentence 2) uses "the members of the book club" as the subject, which is third person plural, but the verb is "reads" which is third person singular, thus, there is no subject-verb agreement.

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