Unit 6: 2 Nouns_ Making Verb Agree with Noun Subject

1. (a. Is, b. Are) a virtue for which we should all strive.

• a
• b

2. The beautiful white dress (a. was, b. were) worn by the bride.

• a
• b

3. The bird in the cage (a. sing, b. sings) a beautiful song.

• a
• b

4. The old Spanish fort at the edge of the desert (a. stand, b. stands) alone and deserted.

• a
• b

5. The practice of getting a manicure (a. is, b. are) more prevalent now than it was fifty years ago.

• a
• b

6. Who (a. is, b. are) the girls on the yearbook committee?

• a
• b

7. The blueberry bush, overflowing with ripe fruit, (a. is, b. are) ready to be picked.

• a
• b

8. The waters of Trevi Fountain in Rome (a. flow, b. flows) from aqueducts built by Marcus Vipsanio Agrippa around 19 B.C.

• a
• b

9. There (a. was, b. were) many battles of the Civil War fought in Georgia and South Carolina.

• a
• b

10. Much of the Great Wall of China, which meanders for nearly four thousand miles, still (a. stand, b. stands) in northern China.

• a
• b