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Subject Verb Agreement

This document appears to be a student worksheet containing grammar and subject-verb agreement exercises. The worksheet tests the student's ability to identify subjects and verbs, determine whether subjects are singular or plural, identify errors in subject-verb agreement, and select the correct verb form based on the subject. The student must analyze sentences and make edits/corrections as necessary.

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Name: _______________________________________________ Score: _____________

Grade 7 - _______________________ Date: _____________

I. The subjects and verbs that follow are in agreement. If an item is singular, write S before it. If
it is plural, write P.
_____ 1. people think _____ 11. night arrives
_____ 2. wind howls _____ 12. gates open
_____ 3. owls hoot _____ 13. she tries
_____ 4. we practice _____ 14. actor rehearses
_____ 5. days pass _____ 15. girls study
_____ 6. monkeys chatter _____ 16. leaf falls
_____ 7. Karen writes _____ 17. thieves steal
_____ 8. it seems _____ 18. boy giggles
_____ 9. snakes hiss _____ 19. they watch
_____ 10. glasses break _____ 20. lion lurks

II. Some of the verbs in the following sentences agree with their subject(s); some do not. If the
verb does not agree with the subject, underline it and write the correct form before the
number. If the verb is correct, write C.
Example: was a. Steve, along with Jim and Cindy, were there.

_____ 1. Dr. Jones and her mother teaches music.


_____ 2. Neither Dr. Jones nor her mother know how to boil water.
_____ 3. There is the list of courses that you were looking for.
_____ 4. Either you or your sister have to take notes on the lecture.
_____ 5. Both the instructors and the students has left for the day.
_____ 6. Spring classes was announced last week.
_____ 7. Here are the list of supplies which you ordered.
_____ 8. Everybody in this school have taken the shot that prevents measles.
_____ 9. Some of the students in her class enters the essay contest every year.
_____ 10. The women who registered early are going got get extra credit.
_____ 11. Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been attending that conference for many years.
_____ 12. The students and Dr. Lee prepares the bulletin each month.
_____ 13. There goes one of the men who will conduct the research.
_____ 14. Some of that paper are going to be presented at the workshop.
_____ 15. Each of the children was promised a part in the play.
_____ 16. Neither of the women has been late to class this semester.
_____ 17. The section of paper which I read most often were missing.
_____ 18. Several of the faculty takes roll every day.
_____ 19. Everything in this room fit with the decor of the home.
_____ 20. All of the signs along the highway was removed.

III. Underline the subjects and encircle the verbs. Edit the following sentences to eliminate
problems with subject-verb agreement and rewrite the edited sentence. If a sentence is
correct, write correct.
Example: Jacks first days in the infantry was grueling.
Jacks first days in the infantry were grueling.
1. One of the main reasons for elephant poaching are the profits received from selling the
ivory tusks.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Not until my interview with Dr. Chang were other possibilities opened to me.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. Batik cloth from Bali, blue and white ceramics from Cambodia, and a bocce ball from
Turin has made Hannahs room the talk of the dorm.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
4. The board of directors, ignoring the wishes of the neighborhoods, has voted to allow
further development.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Measles is a contagious childhood disease.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
6. The presence of certain bacteria in our bodies are one of the factors that determines our
overall health.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Leah is the only one of the many applicants who has the ability to step into this job.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Neither the explorer nor his companions was ever seen again.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
9. Social Studies 101 have always been an interesting course.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
10. The travelers, with their translators, visit the museum.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.

IV. Underline the correct form of the verb in parentheses.


1. Miguel (plants, plant) many vegetables in his garden.
2. Stephan and Derek often (helps, help) him care for the garden.
3. When the plants are ripe, Miguel (chooses, choose) the nicest ones to eat.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez (prepares, prepare) delicious meals with his plants.
5. Sandra (grow, grows) flowers and herbs in her garden.
6. The flowers (attract, attracts) various butterflies and bees.
7. Sandras favorite herbs (is, are) lavender, rosemary, and sage.
8. Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez (use, uses) different herbs from Sandras garden when they (cook,
cooks).
9. Both Stephan and Derek often (join, joins) the Sanchezes for dinner.
10. The official taste-tester and table-setter (is, are) Miguel.
11. The clocks on the wall (is, are) set for different time zones.
12. Across the field (runs, run) a talented football player.
13. There (sits, sit) my favorite park bench.
14. (Does, Do) birds still nest in these trees?
15. Here in this park (lives, live) many birds and squirrels.
16. The telephone in my house (rings, ring) several times a day.
17. Up in the tree (is, are) a squirrels nest.
18. Just over the hill (grow, grows) the great white oak tree.
19. Under the houses eaves (roost, roosts) a mourning dove.
20. In his burrow (was, were) a store of nuts and seeds.
21. Pride and Prejudice (is, are) a book by Jane Austen.
22. Some of the spectators (wish, wishes) the parade would start early.
23. Mathematics (is, are) one of Jackies best subjects.
24. Here (is, are) the magazines you wanted to read.
25. Under the sea (lurk, lurks) many unusual creatures.

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