Subject verb agreement Flashcards
What is subject-verb agreement?
The grammatical rule that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number.
True or False: A singular subject takes a plural verb.
False
Fill in the blank: The cat _
- (to be) hungry.
Is
What do you call a subject that consists of two or more nouns joined by ‘and?
A compound subject
Choose the correct verb: The team (are/is) winning the game.
Is
True or False: Collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs depending on context.
True
What is the correct form: The flock of birds the winter.
_ (fly/flies) south for
Flies
Fill in the blank: Many a student _ (has/have) completed the assignment.
Has
What is the subject-verb agreement rule for indefinite pronouns like everyone?
They singular verb
Choose the correct verb: The number of participants _ (have/has) increased this year.
Has
True or False: The phrase ‘a couple of always takes a plural verb.
True
Fill in the blank: Neither the teacher nor the students _ (was/were) ready.
Were
Choose the correct verb: Each book and magazine. (was/were) placed on the shelf.
Was
True or False: ‘All’ can be singular or plural depending on what it refers to.
True
Fill in the blank: Either the dog or the cats _
_ (is/are) making
noise.
Are
