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Choose the correct option and complete the sentence. Each leaf and each flower ______ stripped off the tree.

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Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.

Each leaf and each flower ______ stripped off the tree.

Options

  • was

  • were

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Solution

Each leaf and each flower was stripped off the tree.

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Chapter 6.1: On the Rule of the Road - Grammar- Agreement of the subject with the verb [Page 188]

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Chapter 6.1 On the Rule of the Road
Grammar- Agreement of the subject with the verb | Q I 10. | Page 188

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