Subject Verb Agreement Exercises

The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.

• want

• wants

Either answer (is, are) acceptable.

• is

• are

Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.

• is

• are

Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.

• know

• knows

(Is, Are) the news on at five or six?

• Is

• Are

Mathematics (is, are) Jon's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.

• is/are

• are/are

• is/is

• are/is

Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.

• is

• are

(Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?

• is

• are

Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.

• is

• are

There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag.

• was

• were