Complete the agreement rule
Exercise and reference answers
- Missing parts
- Answer
- time
- Choices
- time
- place
- manner
- Answer
- person
- Choices
- person
- gender
- length
- Answer
- right
- Choices
- right
- wrong
- missing
- Complete the statement
- The tense fixes the {0} of the action. The exact form still depends on the {1} and number of the subject, which is why 'he are' is wrong even though its tense is {2}.
Explanation
Tense sets the time; person and number set the exact form. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.