Subject-Verb Agreement

Choose the intervening phrase or clause between the subject and the verb:

Allan, along with his sisters, enjoys going to the movies.

• Allan

• along with his sisters

• enjoys going to the movies

Read the sentence: If there is an error in subject-verb agreement, choose the subject and the correct verb form. If a sentence has no error, choose 'correct'.

The food, except for the desserts, were good.

• correct

• food was

 Choose the intervening phrase or clause between the subject and the verb:

This watch, unlike that one, is not expensive.

• This watch

• unlike that one

• is not expensive

Choose the intervening phrase or clause between the subject and the verb:

These magazines in the doctor's office are outdated.

• in the doctor's office

• These magazines

• are outdated

Read the sentence: If there is an error in subject-verb agreement, choose the subject and the correct verb form. If a sentence has no error, choose 'correct'.

Sometimes a book admired by many readers receive bad reviews.

• correct

• book receives

Choose the intervening phrase or clause between the subject and the verb:

Lakes formed from craters in the earth are not very common around here.

• formed from craters in the earth

• in the earth

• around here

Read the sentence. Choose the correct verb to agree with the relative pronoun based on the number of its antecedent.

The tools that ___ best are expensive.

• work

• works

Read the sentence. Choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

Spaghetti and meatballs ___ my favorite homemade dish.

• were

• was

Choose the intervening phrase or clause between the subject and the verb:

A pharmacist, a person who dispenses medicine, lives in our neighborhood.

• A pharmacist

• lives in our neighborhood

• a person who dispenses medicine

Read the sentence: If there is an error in subject-verb agreement, choose the subject and the correct verb form. If a sentence has no error, choose 'correct'.

Animals, such as deer and bears, live in the forest.

• correct

• Animals lives