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Lesson: Sentence Correction Basic - 14t01

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The districts' curricula offer students the opportunity to choose some of their own courses, while still ensuring that they receive adequate instruction in the standard subjects.
The districts' curricula offer students the opportunity to choose
The districts' curricula offers students the opportunity to choose
Offering students the opportunity to choose are the districts' curricula
The curricula offer the districts' students the opportunity to choose
While it offers students the opportunity to choose, the districts' curricula
The underlined verb is "offer." What's its subject? Curricula. Is it correct to say that curricula offer…? Yes, because both the subject and verb are plural. No problem so far, so move on the answer choices.
Eliminate (2) and (5) because they change the verb to the singular "offers." Eliminate (4) because it changes the meaning of the sentence, and eliminate (5) since it doesn't fit with the rest of the sentence.
Choice (1) remains.
The districts' curricula offer students the opportunity to choose some of their own courses, while still ensuring that they receive adequate instruction in the standard subjects. Sure.
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