There (goes, go) my chances for a promotion.

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In sentences after the introductory subject There, the verb agrees with the logical subject that follows. Here, the noun following is 'my chances,' which is plural. 
Option 'go' uses the base form of the verb to match a plural subject: There go my chances for a promotion. This is the correct choice because it correctly aligns with standard subject–verb agreement for a plural noun phrase. 
Option 'goes' adds an -s, which is the typical form for a third-person singular subject. Since 'my chances' is plural, 'goes' would create a mismatch between the subject and the verb, making the sentence ungrammatical in this construction. 
To illustrate the rule with similar structures: There is a singular subject, so you would say There goes the bus; There are multiple items, so There go the items. The same logic applies here with 'chances' being plural. 
In sum, 'There go my chances for a promotion' correctly uses the plural verb form to match the plural noun, whereas 'There goes my chances for a promotion' incorrectly uses a singular verb form.

6252-12019-ESOL-0351 Quiz - Subject-Verb Agreement

There (goes, go) my chances for a promotion.

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