Choose the sentence that shows correct subject-verb agreement.
adam's friend with the blue shoes was the first one to arrive.
eight children from adam's class was at the party.
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the tallest girls at the party was jodi and shanda.
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the three boys who live near adam was playing volleyball.

A. Adam's friend with the blue shoes was the first to arrive at the party.

Explanation:

This sentence, is the only sentence, that is written in the correct form of past tense. We see that in sentence 2, the beginning of that sentence is written in present tense, whereas the second part, is written in past tense, and in sentence three, it is the same thing. Both the subject and verbal clause, must be in the same tense, in order for the two parts of speech to agree.

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the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).