The teacher should have been more patient with her students.
Select one:
a. students; should have
b. teacher: should have
c. teacher; have been
d. teacher; should have been
D.
That sentence should not have a semi colon -- so none of the answers is correct.
I read the semi-solon as a separator for two answers. If that is true, I agree D.
I often wonder what "more patient" means. How does one know that? I have been waiting for the Powerball lottery to come in now for 17 years, should I be more patient?
What is your instruction? To identify subject and verb? Or what?
Identify the subject and complete verb in each of the following sentences.
To determine the correct answer for this question, we need to identify the subject and verb that agree in tense and form. In the given sentence, the subject is "teacher," and the verb is "should have been." The subject is singular (referring to one teacher), so we can eliminate option a since it uses the plural form of the noun "students."
Now, let's compare the remaining answer choices. Option b states "teacher: should have," but this is not a complete verb form.
Option c states "teacher; have been," but this does not match the correct tense. The sentence requires the past tense form "should have been."
Therefore, the correct answer is option d, "teacher; should have been." This choice correctly matches the subject "teacher" with the verb phrase "should have been" in the correct tense and form.