Assignment Portfolio
Semester 2 2025
Due October 2025
, EST1501
Assignment PORTFOLIO
Semester 2 2025
Due October 2025
QUESTION 1: GRAMMAR
1.1.1 Subject-Verb Agreement
Error: The students is excited about the upcoming university orientation.
The subject students is plural, but the verb is is singular. This mismatch creates an error
in subject-verb agreement.
Corrected sentence: The students are excited about the upcoming university
orientation.
1.1.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
Error: The professor and the students was eager to discuss the new syllabus.
The subject is compound (professor and students), which requires a plural verb. The
use of was is incorrect.
Corrected sentence: The professor and the students were eager to discuss the new
syllabus.