Agreement with Number and Intervening Prepositional Phrases

It is amazing that oysters ___ beautiful pearls.

• create

• creates

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Loretta, along with her two friends, ___ tacos for lunch almost every day.

• eats

• eat

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Those books next to the window ___ dusting.

• needs

• need

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

The candles ___ brightly in the darkened room.

• glows

• glow

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Alicia's missing hamster ___ out of the closet.

• run

• runs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The library near the White House ___ more than twenty million books.

• contain

• contains

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Every morning my little brother ___ for oatmeal.

• asks

• ask

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The mountains in the distance ___ to Italy.

• belong

• belongs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Tomorrow's championship game ___ been rescheduled.

• have

• has

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The winner of those ribbons ___ the spaniel.

• is

• are

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F