Subject-Verb Agreement

In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?

• Nothing taste as good as my dad's five-alarm chili.

• Most of the group's music are playing on the radio.

• Several of those coats is on sale this week.

• Some of Meredith's poems make me laugh.

Which verb would complete the sentence and agree with the subject?

Neither the trumpet players nor the drummer _____ our school.

• has visited

• have visited

• were visiting

• are visited

In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?

• The King and I were performed as the spring play this year.

• A short story, "The Pit and the Pendulum" seem scary.

• "Heart and Soul" are being played on the piano right now.

• B. J. and the Martians sounds like a funny TV show.

In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?

• Dan's friend in the Spanish Club are going to South America next spring.

• Many summer camps, with lots of money to spend, has bought new equipment.

• The green wheelbarrow behind those bushes need a good cleaning.

• The tigers, their eyes gleaming, seem ready for an attack.

What is the best way to correct this sentence?

On that road next to the river sits several abandoned cars.

• Make cars the subject of the sentence.

• Change sits to sit.

• Change abandoned to abandons.

• Move on that road to the end of the sentence.