Grammarly 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

Fill in the Blank

"Not," "don't," and other negatives are always ______ and not part of the simple _______.

Fill in the Blank

What is the predicate (main verb)? Carla and Jaime sat in the classroom.

Fill in the Blank

What is the predicate (main verb)? One of the crayons was under the couch.

Fill in the Blank

What is the predicate (main verb)? In the morning, I drink coffee.

Fill in the Blank

What is the predicate (main verb)? Ms. Oberg has a cat named Hermes.

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.