Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?

a good coach teach focus and persistence.
the athlete trains for several hours every day.
athletes at all levels can improves with practice.
the student handbook explain the contest rules.

The sentence that uses correct subject-verb agreement is The athlete trains for several hours every day.  

This sentence applies the third-person rule adding ‘s’ to the verbs in present that had the singular third-person subject he, she or it. "Train" became "trains".

For the sentence "A good coach teach focus and persistence."  the correct form would be “a good coach teaches focus and persistence.”

For the sentence "Athletes at all levels can improves with practice." the correct form would be “Athletes at all levels can improve with practice.”

For the sentence "The student handbook explain the contest rules." the correct form would be “ The student handbook explains the contest rules.”

(b) The athlete trains for several hours every day.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)