Advanced Subject-Verb Agreement Challenges

This video tutorial from Espresso English covers advanced subject-verb agreement rules in English. It explains how to correctly use verbs with singular indefinite pronouns, collective nouns, and irregular plural nouns. The tutorial also addresses the use of quantifiers and how they affect verb agreement, as well as the treatment of the word 'data' as both singular and plural. The video provides examples and clarifies common confusions for English learners.

Which of the following is considered singular despite referring to a group?

• Police

• Children

• Everyone

• People

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CCSS.L.2.1A

What is the correct verb form for 'nobody' when referring to liking something?

• liking

• liked

• likes

• like

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

How is the word 'police' treated in terms of subject-verb agreement?

• Neither

• Either

• Plural

• Singular

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Which noun changes its verb agreement based on British or American English?

• Team

• Children

• Data

• Police

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CCSS.L.3.1F

What is the correct form of the verb when 'half of the class' is the subject?

• is

• were

• are

• be

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Choose the correct verb form for '40% of the voters'.

• doesn't support

• supports

• support

• don't support

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CCSS.L.3.1F

If 'some of the information' is the subject, what is the correct verb form?

• has

• is

• have

• are

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Which quantifier can be both singular or plural depending on the context?

• Several

• Few

• Most

• Each

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CCSS.L.7.1A

Which of the following is always treated as plural?

• Mathematics

• Data

• Information

• Media

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

What is the singular form of 'data'?

• Datum

• Datums

• Data

• Datar

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B