(W&L) Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement (pt. 1)

Alma and her brother Jose has won the state robotics competition for high school students.

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• have won

• is winning

• was winning

Abdullah were pumping the brakes gingerly, as if it were raining. “Maybe I should reconsider this exit,” he said under his breath.

• NO CHANGE

• have been

• are

• was

Writing have been invented In Sumer around 3200 B.C. marking the beginning of recorded history.

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• was

• were being

• are

After discovering that children who grow up on farms are less likely to suffer from asthma and allergies, researchers is trying to isolate the compounds in farm dust that lead to this protection.

• NO CHANGE

• tries

• has tried

• are trying

When hiking Machu Picchu in Peru, most hikers finds that altitude sickness is a greater challenge than the intensity of the climb.

• NO CHANGE

• has found

• find

• is finding

Most parents never think to run down their water heater, but many infants are burned by overly-warm tap water.

• NO CHANGE

• never thinks

• is never thinking

• has never thought

Since restaurants rarely skimps on rich ingredients like butter and salt, some researchers now say that "sit-down" restaurant food is nutritionally no better than fast food.

• NO CHANGE

• rarely skimp

• is rarely skimping

• has rarely skimped

With the help of the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, middle school students in Gateway, Alaska observe intubation and sets bones.

• NO CHANGE

• is setting

• has set

• set

The movie Twelve Monkeys belong to the sci-fi genre.

• NO CHANGE

• belongs

• are belonging

• have belonged

The first large predators on Earth, according to at least one source, was sea scorpions that grew up to almost six feet in length.

• NO CHANCE

• were

• is

• has been