Subject/Verb Agreement

Subject/Verb Agreement

Grammar Unit: Week 1

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The first noun in the sentence

• The first verb in the sentence

• The action in the sentence

• The person/thing doing the action in the sentence

Multiple Choice

There can only be ONE action in a sentence.

• True

• False

Poll

What is the preposition: Nova slept on top of the desk.

• Nova

• Slept

• on

• the

Poll

What is the preposition: Kayne walked toward the stage

• Kanye

• walked

• toward

• stage

Multiple Select

What is the preposition: Jason only ate marshmallows for dessert on the weekends.

• Jason

• only

• ate

• on

Poll

A prepositional phrase is:

• the person/thing that does the action

• the action

• two or more words that indicate location

• the word that describes the noun

Multiple Select

What is the preposition: During the fight, Ms. West moved out of the way.

• during

• moved

• out of

• way

Multiple Select

What is the preposition: Inside the cabinet, there was Mr. Jordan's secret stash of candy.

• inside

• there

• was

• of

Multiple Select

What is the preposition: Ms. Russo loves cats, according to Twitter.

• Ms. Russo

• loves

• according

• to

Multiple Select

What is the preposition: Everyone in the crowd was shouting.

• everyone

• in

• crowd

• was

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject: No one in the classroom was prepared for the grammar test.

• no one

• one

• classroom

• test

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject: Several in the box were broken.

• several

• in

• box

• were

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject: Bob and his brothers drove to school.

• Bob

• brothers

• Bob and his brothers

• drove

• school

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject: Each of the boys has his own pencil.

• Each (person)

• of the boys

• his

• own

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject: Ms. Russo ate all of the cupcakes in the box.

• Ms. Russo

• ate

• all

• box

Multiple Select

Which of the following agree with SINGULAR verbs?

• everybody

• anyone

• both

• couple

• somebody

Multiple Choice

"None" and "any" are:

• usually singular

• usually plural

• always singular

• always plural

Multiple Choice

Noun/verb agreement: Several in the box were broken.

• noun and verb agree

• noun and verb don't agree

Multiple Choice

Noun/verb agreement: Both of the doors in the cabinet has been opened

• noun and verb agree

• noun and verb don't agree

Multiple Choice

Noun/verb agreement: A couple of crayons roll away.

• noun and verb agree

• noun and verb don't agree

Multiple Select

Noun/verb agreement: Which are correct?

• Yesterday and today was my favorite.

• The star attractions in the room were the cats.

• The real draw of this restaurant are the desserts.

• His best feature is his ears.

• Sleepless nights are the worst part of parenting.

Multiple Select

Which are correct?

• The world keeps spinning.

• There she goes.

• Songs is our contribution

• The police officer doesn't know.

• Jack and Phil does not know, either.