Mastering Subject-Verb Agreement

What is subject-verb agreement?

• A guideline for writing essays in English.

• A rule that states verbs must always be plural.

• Subject-verb agreement is the grammatical rule that ensures the subject and verb in a sentence agree in number.

• A method for identifying the subject of a sentence.

Choose the correct verb: The dog (run/runs) fast.

• running

• runing

• ran

• runs

Identify the subject in this sentence: The cats are playing.

• The dogs

• The cats

• Playing

• The ball

Which sentence is correct? She go to school. or She goes to school.

• She gone to school.

• She going to school.

• She go to the school.

• She goes to school.

Fill in the blank: The team (is/are) winning the game.

• was

• were

• are

• is

Choose the correct verb: The books (is/are) on the table.

• were

• was

• isn't

• are

What is the subject in the sentence: The flowers bloom in spring?

• the flowers

• bloom

• the sentence

• the spring

Which of the following sentences is incorrect? They plays soccer. or They play soccer.

• They playing soccer.

• They play soccered.

• They plays soccer.

• They plays soccering.

Identify the error: Each of the students have a book.

• Each student have a book.

• All of the students has a book.

• Each of the students have books.

• Each of the students has a book.

Choose the correct form: Neither the teacher nor the students (was/were) ready.

• wasn't

• were

• are

• is