Read the following lines from The Call of the Wild . He was surprised at the eagerness which animated the whole team and which w
as communicated to him; but still more surprising was the change wrought in Dave and Sol-leks. They were new dogs, utterly transformed by the harness… The toil of the traces seemed the supreme expression of their being, and all that they lived for and the only thing in which they took delight. Cite the quotation that best supports Buck's observation that the other dogs actually enjoy the harness. "He was surprised at the eagerness which animated the whole team and which was communicated to him..." "...but still more surprising was the change wrought in Dave and Sol-leks. They were new dogs, utterly transformed by the harness…" "...still more surprising was the change wrought in Dave and Sol-leks." "The toil of the traces seemed the supreme expression of their being, and all that they lived for and the only thing in which they took delight." Cite the quotation that best supports Buck's observation that the other dogs actually enjoy the harness.
The theme reflected in this excerpt is the value of work. The excerpt shows how the dogs understand when they have to work and that they are ready for work as soon as they put on the harness. In the excerpt, it says that the attitude of the dogs change completely when they have the harness on, this change in behavior shows how the dogs value their work and that they would do it for as long as their owners need.
In order to find out the subject-verb agreement, you need to be able to identify "the simple subject" of your sentence first. The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. I hope this answer helps.
