Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Prepositional Phrase

Subject-Verb Agreement with an Intervening Prepositional Phrase has three parts that follows which pattern:

• A. noun + prepositional phrase + verb

• B. subject + prepositional phrase + verb

• C. prepositional phrase + subject + verb

• D. verb + prepositional phrase + subject

All the employees at the store is wearing blue shirts and khakis.

• A. No Change

• B. am wearing

• C. are wearing

• D. were wearing

Sounds of distant music float through the air.

• A. No Change

• B. was floating

• C. floated

• D. floats

That group of stars are called the Orion's Belt.

• A . No Change

• B. is called

• C. called

• D. is

The leaves on the pecan tree is turning bright bronze and yellow.

• A. No Change

• B. is

• C. turning

• D. are turning

Many secrets of the oceans has yet to be discovered.

• A. No Change

• B. have

• C. has yet

• D. having yet

Identify the subject of the sentence:

A box of warm sweaters was delivered to the women’s shelter.

• A. warm sweaters

• B. box

• C. sweaters

• D. shelter

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence:

The view of the mountains was spoiled by the building.

• A. view

• B. building

• C. mountains

• D. was spoiled

Identify the verb of the sentence:

The blue area on the map indicates water.

• A. water

• B. indicates

• C. blue area

• D. map

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence:

Cars driving through the dark tunnel are turning on their bright lights.

• A. cars

• B. through the dark tunnel

• C. tunnel

• D. driving through