Correcting Errors With Subject Verb Agreement

Correcting Errors With

Subject Verb Agreement

Open Ended

What is the SUBJECT and what is the VERB in the following sentence?

The dog barks every time the doorbell rings. 

​The dog barks every time the doorbell rings

​The dogs bark every time the doorbell rings

Multiple Choice

Which VERB completes the sentence using proper subject-verb agreement?

Gamers frequently _______ when playing an intense game of any variety.

• scream

• screams

Multiple Choice

______ are my sunshine.

• You

• They

• Both options could work

Multiple Choice

If it ---- raining tomorrow, we will cancel the game.

• am

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Either my dog or my cats ___ digging in the flowerbed.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Either my cats or my dog ___ digging in the flowerbed.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

The hands of the clock ___ in the dark so you can see them at night.

• glows

• glow

Multiple Choice

My friend's parents, who own a beach house, _____ a 4th of July party every year.

• hosts

• host

Open Ended

Re-type the following sentence to CORRECT the error in subject-verb agreement:

Books about archaeology is shelved at the end of this row, organized in alphabetical order by the author's or editor's last name.

Multiple Choice

One of my friends ……………………….. gone to France.

• has

• have

Multiple Choice

Each of the boys ………………………. given a present.

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Everybody ________ asked to be quiet.

• was
• were

Multiple Choice

The principal and her husband _______ honored guests.

• is
• are

Multiple Choice

The breeze ________ cooler this evening. 

• seem
• seems

Multiple Choice

We ________ driving to Lake Tahoe last weekend.

• was
• were

Multiple Choice

One of my favorite poems ________ Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven."

• is
• are