NRI 5.6: Subject-Verb Agreement

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.

The books left on the desk after class were _____.

• hers

• her's

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.

The tacos in the Midwest ____ almost as good as the Southwest.

• are

• is

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.

Billy would have _____ the movie with us, but he forgot his permission slip.

• saw

• seen

• seeing

• sent

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.

One of my new colleagues from the Butler School ____ a former doctor.

• is

• are

• were

• weren't

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.

There ____ more people who use public transportation now than there were two years ago.

• is

• are

• isn't

Select the subject in the provided sentence:

Colonial Williamsburg is another fascinating and popular destination.

• is

• destination

• Colonial Williamsburg

• popular

Select the verb in the provided sentence:

Colonial Williamsburg is another fascinating and popular destination.

• another

• and

• is

• destination

Select the subject in the provided sentence:

Jamestown, a popular tourist destination in Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in present-day America.

• Virginia

• America

• English settlement

• Jamestown

Select the verb in the provided sentence:

Jamestown, a popular tourist destination in Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in present-day America.

• a popular

• was

• in

• permanent

Select the subject in the provided sentence:

James Bond shifted seamlessly through every gear of his Aston Martin.

• James Bond

• Aston Martin

• gear

• through