Module 4:

Review Verbs: Agreement and Challenges

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Verb Agreement

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
1.
Jeremy has/have six brothers and sisters.
2.
Those birds next to the road is/are sandhill cranes.
3.
That teddy bear belongs/belong to my little brother.
4.
Those fence posts was/were broken in the last hurricane.

Agreement: Subjects with And, Or, or Nor

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
5.
Cats and dogs makes/make better pets than lions and wolves.
6.
Chicken and dumplings is/are one of my favorite comfort foods.
7.
Neither she nor I has/have enough time to finish this project.
8.
Swimming and fishing is/are two of my favorite hobbies.

Agreement: Collective Nouns

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
9.
The Comanche tribe is/are hosting a powwow in honor of the code talkers.
10.
The choir sings/sing in perfect unison.
11.
The whole group agrees/agree with the board's decision.
12.
The flock of robins was/were building their nests in the trees.

Agreement: Nouns that End in s

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
13.
The measles has/have almost been wiped out in the U.S. because of immunizations.
14.
Billiards is/are very similar to pool.
15.
His clothes is/are too small after his growth spurt.
16.
Her new Bluetooth headphones was/were very expensive.

Agreement: Titles of Creative Works

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
17.
The original Star Wars was/were an instant hit.
18.
"Royals" was/were written by the band Lorde.
19.
Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez hangs/hang in the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.
20.
Midnight's Children was/were written by Indian author Salman Rushdie.

Agreement: Proper Nouns

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
21.
The United States has/have individual state governments.
22.
The World Health Organization educates/educate people about healthy living and preventing and curing diseases.
23.
New England has/have been to the Superbowl ten times.
24.
The Police was/were led by Sting from 1977 to 1984.

Agreement: Money, Time, and Measurements

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
25.
Here is/are the twenty dollars I owe you.
26.
Fifty hours was/were spent on this project.
27.
Two miles is/are the distance to my best friend's house.
28.
Four to seven days is/are the usual duration for food poisoning.

Agreement: Fractions and Percentages

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
29.
Half of the dictionaries in the room is/are in need of repair.
30.
Approximately 18 percent of the United States population is/are Hispanic.
31.
Three-quarters of the marching band has/have memorized their parts for the competition tomorrow.
32.
More than 50 percent of YouTube users visits/visit the site to learn how to do something.

Agreement: Indefinite Pronouns

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
33.
Most of the project is/are completed.
34.
Several of those coffee cups is/are chipped.
35.
Has/Have anyone seen my lost dog?
36.
More is/are using their mobile devices than their computers to buy online.

Agreement: Hard to Find Subjects

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
37.
Was/Were there enough cake for the whole class?
38.
The flowers in the vase is/are from Tammy.
39.
There is/are my ear buds!
40.
On the desk is/are your school supplies.

Challenging Verbs: Lie/Lay

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
41.
I have lain/layed on that futon before, but I prefer the sofa.
42.
My sister always lays/lies her backpack on my lunch box, squashing my sandwich.
43.
In the past, illuminators laid/lay gold on top of a sticky paint to create gilded artwork.
44.
When we renovated the house, we discovered that the previous owners had laid/lain carpet on top of beautiful hardwood floors.

Challenging Verbs: Sit/Set

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
45.
When you are setting/sitting the table, make sure you put the fork on the left.
46.
Please set/sit at the far end of the table.
47.
We set/sat in the car for thirty minutes waiting for Julie to find the right pair of shoes.
48.
The box of photographs had set/sat in the bottom of the closet for years before anyone remembered they were there.

Challenging Verbs: Raise/Rise

Directions:
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
49.
Please stand at attention while they are raising/rising the flag.
50.
I knew the stove was still on when I saw steam raising/rising from the pot.
51.
My parents took my sister to the doctor after her fever rose/raised during the night.
52.
Fortunately Taylor had raised/risen from her seat on the bench when the branch fell on it.
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