Direction: Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

Training your dog have required a lot of patience.

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  1. require the lot
  2. requires a lot
  3. required lot
  4. No improvement

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Option 2 : requires a lot
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The correct answer is "requires a lot."

 Key Points
  • According to Subject-Verb agreement, the singular subject takes a singular verb and the plural subject takes a plural verb.
  • The verb 'training' requires a singular subject, which is 'your dog'.
  • The present tense form of the verb 'require' that matches with the singular subject 'your dog' is 'requires'.
  • So, the correct answer is option 2.
     

Correct sentence: Training your dog requires a lot of patience.

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