Speaking & Writing: Subj-Verb Agreement [B1, B2]

​SPEAKING & WRITING

​ Using the right ONE!

​Subject-Verb Agreement

​with correct

​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

There are ten sentences in this test practice, which may OR may not contain subject-verb agreement errors.

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If you find an error, type the WORD that needs to be corrected; if there's no error--in your best judgment--type, "Correct!"

You will have 45 seconds for each sentence.​

​​I have noticed that many of my students tend to make SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT errors not only when they write, but also when they speak. Can you identify these types of errors in these teacher-level sentences? :)

​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

1. Samantha empties her lunchbox when she get home every day after school.

2. ​Lucy has lived with her parents in London for the last several month.

3. ​Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises examine a generation's sense of despair in the aftermath of World War I. 4.

What are the KEY CLUE WORDS that give you your answer?

4. The boys who enchants everyone with their performance are members of the world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir.

5. The essay's theme is the healing power of forgiveness. The author discusses how forgiving others often allow people to overcome painful past experiences.

​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

What are the KEY CLUE WORDS that give you your answer?

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6. ​High heels can cause a number of health problems, such as blisters, ankle sprains, and back pain, but women around the world continues to wear them.

7. ​Some scholars believe that the origins of chess dates back to a four-player version of the game in India around 600 A.D.

​8. The variety of life on Earth are astounding! Scientists estimate that there are between three and thirty million species on our planet though only 1.7 million

have been identified.

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​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

What are the KEY CLUE WORDS that give you your answer?

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9. ​Beneath Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park in the Philippines flow an underground river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.

10. ​During the summer months, buildings in Helsinki, Finland--a country that draws over thirty-four percent of its energy from renewable sources--are cooled by an artificial underground lake that contain nine million gallons of icy water.

​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

1. Samantha empties her lunchbox when she gets home every day after school.

2. ​Lucy has lived with her parents in London for the last several months.

3. ​Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises examines a generation's sense of despair in the aftermath of World War I.

Answer Key

4. The boys who enchant_ everyone with their performance are members of the world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir.

5. The essay's theme is the healing power of forgiveness. The author discusses how forgiving others often allows people to overcome painful past experiences.

​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

Answer Key

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6. ​High heels can cause a number of health problems, such as blisters, ankle sprains, and back pain, but women around the world continue_ to wear them.

7. ​Some scholars believe that the origins of chess date_ back to a four-player version of the game in India around 600 A.D.

​8. The variety of life on Earth are is astounding! Scientists estimate that there

are between three and thirty million species on our planet though only 1.7

million have been identified.

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​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

Answer Key

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9. ​Beneath Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park in the Philippines flows an underground river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.

​10. During the summer months, buildings in Helsinki, Finland--a country that draws

over thirty-four percent of its energy from renewable sources--are cooled by

an artificial underground lake that contains nine million gallons of icy water.

​ ​SPEAKING & WRITING: Using the right verb

Answer Key

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9. ​Beneath Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park in the Philippines flows an underground river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.

10. ​During the summer months, buildings in Helsinki, Finland--a country that draws over thirty-four percent of its energy from renewable sources--are cooled by an artificial underground lake that contains nine million gallons of icy water.