farhanc85 wrote:
When there is a use of That in the sentence please note the answer are the best pets is not the correct choice. That is used to give an idea about the claim by cathy. Subjunctive mood with the verb in bare form. Bare form is simple present with an exception of adding an extra s to the word and using are, is or am.
So i go with E
Pqhai if that was a part of the underlined statement will our answer shift to C or because of the claim(bossy verb) we will still stick withE.

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