Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 1

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Each sentence below contains a choice for correct subjectverb agreement. Write the correct form in the space provided under
each item.
1. At Yellowstone Park grizzly bears (doesnt, dont) have names; they have
numbers.
2. In the meeting between human and bear, a wild-card factor (throws, throw) all
calculations and studies to the wind.
3. The Yellowstone authorities should (has, have) kept thorough records on each
bear.
4. When some bears (encounters, encounter) people, it is the bear who runs.
5. The great national parks (holds, hold) about 200 grizzlies, with possibly 30 of
them being breeding females.
Part II:
Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and
incorrect subject-verb combinations. Read each sentence carefully. If
the subject and verb agree, write "correct" in the space provided below.
If the subject and verb do not agree, change the number of the verb to
make the two agree. Write the corrections in the space below.
6. Behind an experimental fenced yard protecting campers in Glacier National
Park, six visitors has been fatally mauled by grizzlies in the past 19 years.
7. Meandering downriver toward a deer, three grizzly cubs comes within 15 yards
of it.
8.To a grizzly almost anything are food except rocks.
9.Lingering snow patches often become playgrounds for grizzlies observed
making snowballs
10.Female grizzlies mates every third year in summer, without their fertilized
eggs implanting in the womb until fall.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 2

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Each sentence below contains a compound subject. Choose
the correct verb from the parentheses to agree with the compound
subject. Write your answers in the space provided under each item.
1.Both Democrats and Republicans (is, are) electing a new leader.
2.Neither threats nor hostile action (scares, scare) the enemy.
3.The actors and the director (understands, understand) the lighting problems.
4.The surfer or the swimmers (is, are) responsible for the littered beach.
5.A good diet and a realistic exercise plan (combines, combine) to help one lose
weight.
Part II:
Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and
incorrect subject-verb combinations. Read each sentence carefully. If
the subject and verb agree, write "correct" in the space provided below.
If the subject and verb do not agree, change the number of the verb to
make the two agree. Write the corrections in the space below.
1.A sweet potato and some carrots provides Vitamin A, important for healthy
eyes.
2.The eyes or the skin is often adversely affected by a lack of Vitamin A.
3.Neither bleach nor dyes really helps unhealthy hair look better.
4.Ripe tomatoes, leafy Brussels sprouts, and a handy orange is rich in Vitamin C.
5.Unfortunately for the sedentary, neither diet nor vitamins alone provide
sufficient fuel for good health.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 3

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Each sentence below contains a group noun subject. After
locating the subject, choose the correct verb from the parentheses to
agree with it. Write your answers in the space provided under each
item.

1. In the Peace Corps, an American group (goes, go) into an underprivileged

country to help the people develop skills.
2.The family members (learns, learn) a variety of different skills that are valuable
in the market.
3.The U.S. Senate (has, have) made several individual proposals for starting the
Peace Corps.
4.On October 4, 1960, at the University of Michigan, a young crowd (listens,
listen) to John Kennedy propose the Peace Corps.
5.The tribe members (is, are) expressing their individual thanks to members of
the Peace Corps.
Part II:
Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and
incorrect subject-verb combinations. Read each sentence carefully. If
the subject and verb agree, write "correct" in the space provided below.
If the subject and verb do not agree, correct the sentence. Write the
corrections in the space below.
1.The volunteer group is teaching forestry in Ecuador, pipe repair in Pachanillay,
and sewing in Puembo.
2.A prestigious club has contributed funds, materials, and ideas to Peace Corps
volunteers.
3.The Peace Corps team members often gets together to talk over old times.
4.In the towns visited by the Peace Corps, the government repay the work of the
volunteers with gratitude.
5.A new crew are now volunteering to join the modern Peace Corps.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 4

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Decide whether a singular or a plural verb is correct for
each subject given. In some cases, the rule given in this section will
determine the answer immediately. With ics nouns, first determine
the singular or plural meaning of the subject. Choose the correct verb
from each parentheses. Write your answers in the space provided
under each item.
1.Students are excited that economics (is, are) being taught this semester.

2.Unfortunately, dishonest politics (was, were) used to win the election.

3.Athletics (provides, provide) important opportunities for physical development.
4.Good news usually (travels, travel) fast.
5.Because of the mood in the Senate, statistics (was, were) compiled quickly for
the report.
Part II:
Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and
incorrect subject-verb combinations. Read each sentence carefully. If
the subject and verb agree, write "correct" in the space provided below.
If the subject and verb do not agree, correct the sentence. Write the
corrections in the space below.
6.For some time now civics have been a required course in the curriculum.
7.Ceramics takes a great deal of practice for proficiency.
8.In this particular situation, the economics are hard to determine.
9.Because of constantly changing public opinion, politics offer a challenging
career to both men and women.
10.Indeed, mumps is a painful illness.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 5

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Each sentence below contains an indefinite pronoun
subject. Choose the correct verb from the parentheses to agree with
the subject. Write your answers in the space provided under each item.
1. Among the animals, turtles cling to their basic structural design, while many
others (is, are) experimenting their way to extinction.
2.Turtles are unique; each (has, have) eight cervical vertebrea, compared with
seven of most mammals.
3.Turtles are honored in many countries; in China, for example, everyone
(worships, worship) the legendary turtle named Dwei who created the universe.
4.Turtles have specific characteristics; all (displays, display) two plated decks:
the upper, called the carapace, and the lower, known as the plastron.

5. Of the female turtles, some (has, have) been found to be twice the size of the
males.
Part II:
Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and
incorrect subject-verb combinations. Read each sentence carefully. If
the subject and verb agree, write "correct" in the space provided below.
If the subject and verb do not agree, correct the sentence. Write the
corrections in the space below.
6.Among the fascinating facts about turtles, another are their patterns of dots,
splashes, and hieroglyphs.
7.Aquatic turtles are different from land turtles: most is unable to close their
shells.
8.Everyone knows Ogden Nashs celebrated poem about turtles.
9.No one is going to bother snappers, eaters of anything from snakes and
wooden canoe chunks to baby alligators.
10.However, of the early tribes, several uses turtles for food.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 6

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Each sentence below contains an indefinite pronoun
subject. Choose the correct verb from the parentheses to agree with
the subject. Write your answers in the space provided under each item.
1.One of the many cultures studied by anthropologists (is, are) the Kwakiutl
Indians.
2.This group of Indians (lives, live) on the Canadian Coast.
3.Often the leader of the Kwakiutl dances, (foams, foam) at the mouth and
(tosses, toss) burning ashes into the crowd.
4.Wealth, like cedar bark blankets, canoes, and large sculptured copper pieces,
(is, are) important to the Kwakiutl.
5.To the Kwakiutl, one of the copper pieces (equals, equal) a thousand cedar bark
blankets.
Part II:

Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and

incorrect subject-verb combinations. Read each sentence carefully. If
the subject and verb agree, write "correct" in the space provided below.
If the subject and verb do not agree, correct the sentence. Write the
corrections in the space below.
6.Kwakiutl ceremonies for showing ones wealth is called potlatches.
7.The host of a potlatch tries to shame his rival by displaying his wealth.
8.The host with all these goods sometimes even throw them into a giant bonfire.
9.The rival without equal amounts of riches feel greatly ashamed.
10.In our culture, some behaviors of the Kwatiutl Indian is not acceptable.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 7

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - Each sentence below contains a choice for correct subject
verb agreement. Locate the subject of each sentence and choose the
verb that agrees with the subject. Write your answers in the space
provided under each item.
1.Quilting bees, which have always provided warmth and sociability for the
women participating in them, (is, are) now becoming quite profitable as well.
2.American women, who were quite restricted during the Victorian Age, (has,
have) always quilted as a means of keeping sane under such trying conditions.
3.The quilts that these women made of scraps of silk (was, were) called crazy
quilts.
4.The Bicentennial, which Americans celebrated in 1976, (has, have) inspired a
revival in the art of quilting.
5.The quilting renaissance that has swept across the country (appear, appears)
to have been encouraged by feminisms pride in womens art.
Part II:
Directions This group of sentences contains a mixture of correct and
incorrect subject-verb combinations, separated by who / that / which
clauses. Read each sentence carefully. If the subject and verb agree,
write "correct" in the space provided below. If the subject and verb do
not agree, correct the sentence. Write the corrections in the space
below.

6.The American International Quilt Association, which began with 45 members,

now have 1, 680 members.
7.David Pottinger, who collects quilts, runs a general store in Indiana so that he
can live amongst the shy Amish and their quilts.
8.Quilts that contain boldly-colored geometric and abstract designs was
celebrated in the 1970s as precursors of abstract art.
9.The Whitney Museum of Art, which is located in New York, was the first to
officially recognize the painterly qualities of quilts.
10.The author of several articles on quilts that were published in Smithsonian
magazine were for many years a roving editor for the Readers Digest in Europe.

Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise 8

Directions: Write your answers in the space provided under each item. When
you have completed both Parts I and II of the exercise, click on "Check My
Answers" and check your answers with those on the answer key.
Part I:
Directions - In each sentence below, the verb comes before the subject.
Select your choice for correct subject verb agreement. Write your
completed sentence in the space provided under each item.
1.There (is, are) two classes of pure matter: elements and compounds.
2.What (does, do) scientists know today about elements?
3.Occurring naturally (is, are) over 100 elements, or substances that cannot be
separated into different kinds of matter.
4.There (is, are) however, numerous elements that are man-made as well.
5.There (continues, continue) to be much research to add new elements.
Part II:
Directions These sentences contain a mixture of correct and incorrect
subject verb combinations, with the verb coming before the subject
(inverted order). Read each sentence carefully. If the subject and verb
agree, write "correct" in the space provided below. If the subject and
verb do not agree, correct the sentence. Write the corrections in the
space below.
6.How does elements form compounds?
7.There is a chemical combination of two or more elements: a compound.
8.For example, composed of the two elements, sodium and chlorine, are common
table salt, a compound.

9.There are new characteristics taken on by the compound, different from those
of its elements.
10.How, for example, does one get table salt from a silvery, poisonous metal
(sodium) and a greenish, poisonous gas (chlorine)?