SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (Rule Numbers 1-5)

1. Proverbs ______brief instructive expressions that suggest a specific action, behavior, or judgement.

• is

• are

2. . They _________ norms, impart a lesson, or emphasize traditions and beliefs in a community.

• prescribe

• prescribes

3. . Proverbs_______ brief instructive expressions that (suggest, suggests) a specific action, behaviour, or judgement.

• is

• are

4. Proverbs ________ many things about our culture and identity.

• reflect

• reflects

5. He who ______ not love the national language is worse than a smelly fish

• does

• do

6. Spanish missionaries _______ found to have translated such proverbs and other oral expressions in Spanish.

• was

• were

7. The translations of folk literature_______ us overcome difficulties in understanding.

• help

• helps

8. My grandmother ________us that we _________ to the whole town just as we belong to her

• tells, belong

• tell, belongs

9. We____ amazed that the whole town knows of our activities.

• is

• are

10. Sometimes, I ______to my mother’s home province on long vacations.

• go

• goes