Subject-Verb Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns

All of the herbs the chef uses (come, comes) from his own garden.

• come
• comes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Each of the children (was, were) giggling or laughing

• was
• were

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Not everyone (knows, know) that Johnny Cash is dead.

• knows
• know

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Many of the modern painters (use, uses) real buttons on the canvas where real buttons on clothes would be.

• use
• uses

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Several of the sparkplugs (need, needs) to be replaced.

• need
• needs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Most of the boys (want, wants) to go hiking.

• want
• wants

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Both of the movies (seem, seems) exciting

• seem
• seems

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

A mystery writer may use exotic places as background for (its, his or her) stories.  

• its
• his or her

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Readers know (you, they) shouldn’t read the ending first.

• you
• they

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

One of her stories has (its, her) setting in  Egypt.

• its
• her

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D