Time for Subject-Verb Agreement!

Remember to mark out the prepositional phrase(s) in a sentence to focus on the subject and verb.

What is the verb in the next sentence?

In the middle of the woods, the deer with the spots ran away from the skunk.

• middle

• deer

• ran

• from the skunk

What is the correct verb in the next sentence?

Those two teachers, along with their friends, (is/are) traveling.

• is

• are

It can help to use a pronoun (she/he/it/they/we) in place of the subject(s) to figure out which verb to use.

What verb should you use in the next sentence?

My sister and I (drives/drive) home.

• drives

• drive

If the subjects include "neither...nor" or "or," find the subject closest to the verb and choose the verb that agrees with that subject.

What is the correct verb in the next sentence?

Neither Jane nor I (was/were) able to attend the meeting.

• was

• were

What verb should you use in the next sentence?

The twin girls or their brother (takes/take) out the trash every evening.

• takes

• take

Singular indefinite pronouns require singular verbs.

These include the following: one, anyone, everyone, someone nobody, anybody, everybody, somebody, nothing, anything, everything, something, each, neither, either.

What is the correct verb in the next sentence?

Everybody (is/are) ready for the exam!

• is

• are

Some indefinite pronouns require plural verbs.

These include: both, few, many, others, several.

What is the correct verb to use in the next sentence?

In addition to my friends, others (wants/want) to go see the movie.

• wants

• want

Some indefinite pronouns require a singular OR plural verb, depending on what follows them.

These include: all, any, most, none, some.

What is the correct verb to use in the next sentence?

All of the students (eats/eat) lunch at school.

• eats

• eat

Some indefinite pronouns require a singular OR plural verb, depending on what follows them.

These include: all, any, most, none, some.

What is the correct verb to use in the next sentence?

Most of the apple pie (is/are) covered in foil.

• is

• are

What is the correct verb to use in the next sentence?

The galaxy's name (is/are) the Milky Way.

• is

• are