Subject-Verb Agreement

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Subject-Verb Agreement
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• Choose the correct present tense verb form for
  the following sentences.

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• Every pale tomato slice, wilted pickle, and brown
  lettuce leaf _____________ an extra 25 cents at
  Bernies Burger Emporium.
• costs
• cost
• costed
• had cost

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• Every pale tomato slice, wilted pickle, and brown
  lettuce leaf _____________ an extra 25 cents at
  Bernies Burger Emporium.
• costs
• cost
• costed
• had cost

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• Not only the Smiths but also Tonya ______ agreed
  to try one of the world-famous chocolate-broccoli
  muffins.
• has
• have
• had
• has been

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• Not only the Smiths but also Tonya ______ agreed
  to try one of the world-famous chocolate-broccoli
  muffins.
• has
• have
• had
• has been

Tonya is the subject, which singular
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• The Smiths, along with Tonya, _______ to avoid
  indigestion after eating these weird muffins.
• hopes
• hope
• hoped
• had hoped

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• The Smiths, along with Tonya, _______ to avoid
  indigestion after eating these weird muffins.
• hopes
• hope
• hoped
• had hoped

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• On the sidewalk ________ many little lizards
  sunning themselves on the hot concrete.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• On the sidewalk ________ many little lizards
  sunning themselves on the hot concrete.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• Even though Antonio has many friends who love
  their Chevrolets and Buicks, he has always
  believed that General Motors _______ lemons.
• makes
• make
• made
• had made

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• Even though Antonio has many friends who love
  their Chevrolets and Buicks, he has always
  believed that General Motors _______ lemons.
• makes
• make
• made
• had made

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• My dog Floyd, together with Buster the cat,
  ________ to play with money the cat swats
  crumpled bills onto the floor where the dog
  shreds them to pieces.
• likes
• like
• liked
• had liked

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• My dog Floyd, together with Buster the cat,
  ________ to play with money the cat swats
  crumpled bills onto the floor where the dog
  shreds them to pieces.
• likes
• like
• liked
• had liked

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• Latoya isnt going to Daytona Beach for spring
  break because fourteen dollars ________ all that
  she has in her vacation fund.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• Latoya isnt going to Daytona Beach for spring
  break because fourteen dollars ________ all that
  she has in her vacation fund.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• Even though Johnson and Johnson _______ consumers
  not to insert Q-tips into their ears, people
  refuse to read directions and frequently rupture
  their eardrums.
• warns
• warn
• warned
• had warned

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• Even though Johnson and Johnson _______ consumers
  not to insert Q-tips into their ears, people
  refuse to read directions and frequently rupture
  their eardrums.
• warns
• warn
• warned
• had warned

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• All of my important keys ________ now stuck in
  the drain pipe of my bathroom sink. Buster, my
  kitten, doesnt realize how much his playfulness
  inconveniences me.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• All of my important keys ________ now stuck in
  the drain pipe of my bathroom sink. Buster, my
  kitten, doesnt realize how much his playfulness
  inconveniences me.
• is
• are
• was
• were

All refers to keys, which plural
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• Grandpa claims that Martian measles _______ green
  and purple spots to erupt all over a persons
  body.
• causes
• cause
• will cause
• had caused

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• Grandpa claims that Martian measles _______ green
  and purple spots to erupt all over a persons
  body.
• causes
• cause
• will cause
• had caused

Measles is a single disease
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• Digging holes in the sofa cushions _______
  Peanut, Elizabeths new puppy.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• Digging holes in the sofa cushions _______
  Peanut, Elizabeths new puppy.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• Even though the jury _______ to believe that the
  defendant did not kill the victim, much of the
  evidence points to her guilt.
• wants
• want
• wanted
• are wanting

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• Even though the jury _______ to believe that the
  defendant did not kill the victim, much of the
  evidence points to her guilt.
• wants
• want
• wanted
• are wanting

Jury singular because theyre acting in unison
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• Neither the students nor their instructor
  ________ happy with the long cafeteria line for
  squid eyeball stew.
• is
• are
• was
• were

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• Neither the students nor their instructor
  ________ happy with the long cafeteria line for
  squid eyeball stew.
• is
• are
• was
• were

When you have neither nor, the subject closer
to the verb counts
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• Each of these women ______ that she had read the
  care instructions before washing the delicate and
  expensive dresses.
• wishes
• wish
• wished
• would wish

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• Each of these women ______ that she had read the
  care instructions before washing the delicate and
  expensive dresses.
• wishes
• wish
• wished
• would wish

Each singular
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• Mr. Lowry, our English teacher, believes that
  students who major in economics or physics
  ________ their imaginations.
• ruins
• ruin
• has ruined
• ruined

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• Mr. Lowry, our English teacher, believes that
  students who major in economics or physics
  ________ their imaginations.
• ruins
• ruin
• has ruined
• ruined

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• _______ no one except Marge and Beatrice have the
  subject-verb agreement exercises that Ms. Koopman
  assigned for today?
• does
• do
• did
• has

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• _______ no one except Marge and Beatrice have the
  subject-verb agreement exercises that Ms. Koopman
  assigned for today?
• does
• do
• did
• has

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