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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.