Intervening phrases

The girls on the tennis team (is playing, are playing) in a tournament.

• is playing

• are playing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Members of the music club (is having, are having) a concert tonight.

• is having

• are having

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My dog, as well as my two cats, (needs, need) a rabies shot every year.

• needs

• need

For me, the best poems in the entire book (was written, were written) by Maya Angelou.

• was written

• were written

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The new exhibit by the Puerto Rican artists (has been, have been) well attended.

• has been

• have been

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Those comedians we saw last week at that theater in the city (was, were) really funny.

• was

• were

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The platter, along with the plates and glasses, (was, were) clean

• was

• were

The horses, not the sheep or the cow, (has been fed, have been fed).

• has been fed

• have been fed

Thunder, as well as lightning and dark clouds, (means, mean) a storm is gathering.

• means

• mean

Vivian, not her sisters, (is, are) making Uncle Remo’s birthday cake.

• are

• is