Agreement Rules

A ___ subject takes a ___ verb.

• singular, singular

• singular, plural

• plural, singular

• plural, plural

• singular, singular AND plural, plural

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Words like each, someone, and either are called ___ pronouns.

• personal

• demonstrative

• interogative

• indefinite

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Indefinite pronouns can be ____.

• verbs

• adverbs

• subjects

• nouns

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

A ___ or ____ between the subject and verb does not affect the number of the subject.

• subject, verb

• phrase, clause

• pronoun, antecedent

• adjective, verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

A compound subject joined by and is almost always ____ and should take a ____ verb.

• singular, singular

• singular, plural

• plural, singular

• plural, plural

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

The words each or every in front of a compound subject make the subject ____.

• singular

• plural

• both singular and plural

• neither singular nor plural

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1I

A compound subject connected with or/nor should agree with the subject ___ to the verb.

• farthest

• closest

• both farthest AND closest

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Neither...nor, either...or, and Not only...but also are called ___. When subjects are joined by them, those subjects should agree with the one ___ to the verb.

• coordinating conjunctions, closest

• coordinating conjunctions, farthest

• correlative conjunctions, closest

• correlative conjunctions, farthest

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Inverted subjects are ___ and should always agree with the verb.

• subjects that are upside down

• subjects that follow the verb

• subjects that are written backwards

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Words such as team, family, and group are called ___ nouns are usually singular.

• irregular

• proper

• indefinite

• possessive

• collective

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A