1. Initially, Smaug, the dragon, is considered an evil character because of his greed and confiscation of the treasure in Lonely Mountain, but other greedy “dragons” emerge. Who are these other “dragons” in The

Hobbit who personify greed and why? Ultimately, what is Tolkien stating about human behavior and

greed?

Explanation is in the file

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The correct answer is c. sentence 3.

Explanation:

In the first sentence, the verb is "is", which agrees with the subject (the teacher; in the second one, the reporting verb suggest requires subject + verb in simple form after it; number 4 is also correct because the verb plans uses a verb in infinitive after it.

On the other hand, sentence 3 says after the come both is, meaning that the subject is plural (two) but the verb is singular (is). So the correct form is both are.