Subject-Verb Agreement

"The secret of a good old age ____ (be) simply an honorable pact with solitude."
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"None of us ______ (be) the same as we were yesterday."

- B. J. Neblett

"There ______ (be) always something you can learn, even from the most ordinary, commonplace things."

- Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973

Separate your answers with / (for example, A/B)

"Age ______ (not arrive) slowly. It ______ (come) in a rush."

- James Salter, All That Is

"Aging ______ (be) the road we take to discern our character."

- Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

"The body ______ (fade). A leader who would last ______ (rely) on more."

- N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

• fades/relies
• fade/relies

• fades/rely

• fade/rely

Separate your answers with / (for example, A/B)

"Aging ______ (not be) just decay, you know. It ______ (be) growth."

- Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

"No one ever ______ (grow) up."

- Robert McCammon, Boy's Life

"A man who lives fully ______ (be) prepared to die at any moment."
- Mark Twain

"The very young and the very old ______ (have) something in common that makes it right that they should be left alone together."

- Elizabeth Goudge