Subject-verb Agreement

Question 1

How to recognize a subject-verb agreement questions?

Answer 1

Most of the subject-verb agreement questions on the SAT deal with verb forms in the third-person singular form (he/she/it/one) and third-person plural forms (they).

Question 2

Subject-verb agreement questions strategy

Answer 2

Original;
A colony of ants, which are commonly mistaken for communists, has moved into my backyard

1. Cross out all od the non-essential clauses and prepoposition phrases

A colony has moved into my backyard

2. Find the Subject

A colony has moved into my backyard

3. choose the correct form of the verb

The form in question is correct, therefore no change is needed

Question 3

Common traps in subject-verb agreement questions

Answer 3

1. interruptions (or non-essential info in general)
e.g.
My dog, who’s a real fatty, loves to eat

2. prepositions
e.g.
A colony of ants appeared in my backyard

3. collective nouns
e.g.
a colony appeared in my backyard
(colony is singular. Although there are many ants in it, there’s only one colony)

4. compound subjects
e.g
Jake and Jack are stupid

Question 4

subject-verb agreement tricky words

Answer 4

Singular:
Every,
Each,
Gerunds when used as subjects
(e.g. remembering your faces was easy. remembering - subject
was easy - verb)

Question 5

What to check for when a When a Verb is Underlined

Answer 5

errors in the subject-verb agreement