Grammar Review: Subject Verb Agreement

A ___________ is a group of words that looks like a sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb or does not express a complete thought.

• Verb

• Subject

• Sentence Fragment

• A Complete Sentence

The sentence below is a run-on sentence.

Later Miss Henie became an actress, she skated in films.

• True

• False

Which sentence is not a complete thought?

• The largest immigrant groups came from Europe.

• Many immigrants passed through Ellis Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Each group brought their culture to America.

• Living in ghettos, ethnic communities with other people that spoke their language.

Which is a sentence fragment?

• Take your umbrella.

• It might rain today.

• Dark clouds in the sky.

• Rain is badly needed in the area.

Which choice is a complete sentence?

• Bill and his parents near the fairgrounds in Perry.

• Bill who told me they used to live near the fairgrounds in Perry.

• Bill who told me he used to live with them near the fairgrounds in Perry.

• Bill and his parents told me they used to live near the fairgrounds in Perry.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• When all other things fails us.

• We visited Rhodes, an island off the coast of Turkey.

• Running away from difficulties.

• Captain Ahab wanted to kill Moby Dick, the whale had crippled him.

Select the sentence in which the subject and the verb agree in number.

• Either baking soda or soap are salt.

• Either baking soda or soap is salt.

• Either baking soda and soap is salt.

• Either baking soda and soap be salt

Select the sentence in which the subject and the verb agree in number.

• The moon in the night sky are a beautiful sight

• The moon in the night skies are a beautiful sight.

• The moon in the night sky is a beautiful sight.

• The moon in the night skies be a beautiful sight.

The bald eagle and the Canada goose ________ Nebraska's wetlands.

• Frequent

• Frequents

Before each meeting, the panel __________ suggestions by email.

• exchange

• exchanges