Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz

What is subject-verb agreement also called?

• Subject-verb concord

• Subject-verb disagreement

• Subject-verb alliance

• Subject-verb harmony

Which of the following is a rule of subject-verb agreement?

• The verb is singular if the subject is a singular indefinite pronoun

• The verb is always plural

• The verb is singular if the subject is a plural noun

• The verb is singular if the subject is a proper noun

Which of the following sentences demonstrates subject-verb agreement?

• There was students in front of the school.

• Here is the questions from the test.

• None of my teammate has lost a shoot-out.

• Most of the students were absent.

Which of the following words require a preposition for accurate selection of verbs?

• Plenty

• Rest

• Some

• All

Verbs are not affected by conjunctions such as 'with, accompanied by, together with, as well as'. True or False?

• True

• False

• Depends on the verb

• Depends on the conjunction

When is a collective noun considered singular?

• When the group acts as a unit

• When the individuals of the group act separately

• When the group is small

• When the group is large

Which of the following nouns takes a singular verb?

• Amount of money

• Unit of time

• Measurement

• Extent of time

Certain words are plural even though they are one thing. True or False?

• True

• False

• Depends on the word

• Depends on the context

Titles of books, movies, etc. are always singular. True or False?

• True

• False

• Depends on the title

• Depends on the language

What is the subject-verb agreement rule for expletives at the beginning of a sentence?

• They can be the subject of a sentence

• They cannot be the subject of a sentence

• They can be the subject only if they are plural

• They can be the subject only if they are singular