Question

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Answer 1

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1- Shortly after the sun sets over the Pacific Crest Trail   "come"  the time of the day most favored by the deserts animals. => FALSE

Shortly after the sun sets over the Pacific Crest Trail comes the time of the day most favored by the desert animals. ► CORRECT

the subject "the time of the day" (singular) agrees with the verb "comes" = 3rd person singular, you must add an "s".

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2-Currently out of reach of human exploration, farther away from than our sun "lies" the planets Jupiter and Saturn. ==> FALSE

Currently out of reach of human exploration, farther away from our sun  lie the planets Jupiter and Saturn. ► CORRECT

the subject "the planets" (plural ) agrees with the verb "lie" = no "s" at the 3rd person plural.

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3- The movie critique explained that there "were" an element of the plot that didn't make sense. ==> FALSE

The movie critique explained that there "was" an element of the plot that didn't make sense. ► CORRECT

there was an element => singular // there were many elements = plural

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EXPLANATION

The verbs take an "S" at the third person singular only  at Present tense

there was + singular

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there were + plural