Directions: Read each sentence and determine if the subject and verb agree. Then write C for correct or I for incorrect on the line. If the sentence is incorrect, rewrite it so that the subject and verb agree.

Example: ___I___ Mary like to bake chocolate chip cookies.
Mary likes to bake chocolate chip cookies.

The small, young puppy enjoys a game of fetch.

Before class starts, Sara and Jenny likes to practice playing their violins together.

A small toddler in the preschool class refuse to take a nap after lunch.

Each member on the debate team must participate in the final round.

The flower bouquet smell wonderfully.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: the essay describes the experience of the english narrator, possibly orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in burma.

explanation: