Chapter 2: One Or Many — Number And Agreement

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1. 01

   Sprint 2.1: The Plural That Should Be There

   Learner adds the plural -s to countable nouns after numbers, quantifiers, and general statements.

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2. 02

   Sprint 2.2: The Plural That Should Not Be There

   Learner removes plurals from uncountable nouns and from nouns used as modifiers, which is the predictable over-correction from Sprint 2.1.

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3. 03

   Sprint 2.3: This, These, Much, Many

   Learner matches the determiner to the number and countability of the noun that follows it.

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4. 04

   Sprint 2.4: Subject And Verb, Side By Side

   Learner makes the verb agree with a subject sitting directly beside it, in present simple — the tense Task 2 runs on.

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5. 05

   Sprint 2.5: Subject And Verb, Far Apart

   Learner identifies the true subject when a phrase sits between it and the verb, which is where complex sentences break at Band 5.

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6. 06

   Sprint 2.6: Everyone, Each, Neither

   Learner treats the indefinite pronouns as singular, and handles the pronoun that refers back to them.

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7. 07

   Sprint 2.7: Chapter Repair — Number Across A Paragraph

   Learner applies every number and agreement decision to unmarked text, where nothing says which fault is present.

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