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SUBJECT-VERB SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT QUIZ #2
Directions: 1) Mark out the the prepositional phrases. 2) Determine whether the subject is singular singular or plural. 3) Write the correct verb form on the the line provided. _____________ 1) The bowl of yellow yellow roses (is, (is, are) beautiful. _____________2) Several members of the team (plan, plans) to see the movie. _____________3) Most of the dogs in the the fence (sleep, sleeps) all day. day. _____________4) Some of the papers (blow, (blow, blows) away when the door is opened. _____________5) The stranded walker (have, has) squeezed squeezed into my small car. car. _____________6) My grandmother’s cakes with the chocolate icing (is, are) the best. _____________7) Neither of the dogwood trees (bloom, (bloom, blooms) until late in in the year. year. _____________8) Everybody in the play (plans, (plans, plan) to attend the party. party. _____________9) No one in the loud hospital (hears, (hears, hear) the little boy’s boy’s cry for help. ____________10) All of the shells in my collection (was, (was, were) displayed. ____________11) Most of our reading (was, were) done on weekends. ____________12) This news (was, were) were) just what Barbara wanted to hear. hear. ____________13) Either Gordon or Ruben (knows, know) the right answer. answer. ____________14) Since Mom repaired them, both of the radios (work, (work, works). ____________15) My brother and my uncles (play, (play, plays) baseball.
Directions: 1) Most of the following sentences have errors in subject-verb agreement. 2) If a verb does not agree with its its subject, write the correct form of the verb on the line provided. 3) If a sentence is correct, write C. ____________16) All of the shells in my collection was displayed.
____________17) She has shown her paintings throughout the world. ____________18) Pablo Picasso fill his paintings with color and energy. energy. ____________19) His paintings is is sold for millions of dollars. ____________20) All of the paintings in the museum is hands-off hands-off to observers.
