Correct the subject-verb agreement errors in the following paragraph by marking out the incorrect verb and writing the correct one above it. keep all verbs that you change in present tense. there is only one subject-verb agreement error in each of the incorrect sentences. some of the sentences already contain correct subject-verb agreement and thus do not need to be changed.
1.millions of tons of trash floats in our oceans. 2. there is all kinds of items, including fishing nets and bottles. 3. currents in the oceans carries this debris so that it collects in big areas known as garbage patches. 4. these areas of garbage has been increasing in size since plastic first became commonly used sixty years ago. 5. anything made of plastic is very durable and buoyant, so it will float in the ocean for many years. 6. why is garbage patches such a problem? 7. for one reason, birds, as well as fish, mistakes the plastic for food and die after trying to eat it. 8. in addition, if people eat these fish, then they are risking their health. 9. until everyone stops creating so much trash, there are not a solution to this problem.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.

a. they have shared matter.

the universe is complete credible source of our oxygen