Subject verb agreement 1

A subject is the thing or person performing the action, and a verb is an action.

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Which word is the subject in the sentence 'I was pleased to learn of her good fortune'?

• pleased
• good fortune
• learn
• I

Which word is the verb in the sentence 'I was pleased to learn of her good fortune'?

• pleased
• I
• fortune
• good

Which word is the subject in the sentence 'Bill is competing against twenty others to win the chess tournament'?

• competing
• others
• Bill
• tournament

Which word is the verb in the sentence 'Bill is competing against twenty others to win the chess tournament'?

• competing
• others
• win
• tournament

Which word is the subject in the sentence 'The doctor told Jim to step on the scale'?

• scale
• doctor
• step
• Jim

Which word is the verb in the sentence 'The doctor told Jim to step on the scale'?

• told
• doctor
• scale
• Jim

Which word is the subject in the sentence 'The rows of flower beds are watered daily'?

• flower
• rows
• beds
• watered

Which word is the verb in the sentence 'The rows of flower beds are watered daily'?

• rows
• flower
• are watered
• beds

Which word is the subject in the sentence 'The actor has forgotten his lines'?

• actor
• forgotten
• lines
• has