Agreement of verb

Select the sentence that has an error in subject verb agreement.

• Both Christine and Heather have published their stories in major journals.

• Neither student has the assignment completed.

• The problems take them all evening to complete.

  He is one of the students who has taken the exam.

• He is one of the students who has taken the exam.

Select the sentence that has an error in subject verb agreement.

• He and his girlfriend talk on the phone constantly.

• Neither she nor her mother wants to go to the dinner.

• The professor or one of her research assistants is at every meeting.

• The longest of the meetings are the first one of the semester.

Select the sentence that has an error in subject verb agreement.

• The young couple has a new home in a beautiful neighborhood.

• Either the professor or his students have prepared the grant submission.

• Has an instructor or one of the lab assistants come to help you?

• Neither the students nor their professor are going to the meeting.

Select the sentence that has an error in subject verb agreement.

• The jury are taking their seats in the courtroom now.

• The number of students are increasing.

• Each of her daughters has developed a unique style.

• Neither Suzi nor her sister has been able to find the missing earring.

Select the sentence that has an error in subject verb agreement.

• There seem to be a growing interest in that class.

• Either the students or their parents have spoken to the board.

• When all of the tests are finished, the scientists will have more information.

• Everyone except the lead suspect has given a statement to the police.

1. Analysis with the aid of computers .............those accounts that appear to be conduits for drug money.

• selects

• select

1. What makes the situation serious .............. that no new antibiotics have been discovered in the past 15 years.

• is

• are

1. Both science and medicine .............. to preparing athletes for competition.

• contributes

• contribute

Some allergies, such as asthma, ............ no external cause.

• has

• have

Surgeons in the US successfully ................. clouded vision or outright blindness by transplanting about 10,000 corneas a year.

• alleviates

• alleviate