NAMA :NAZRI

NIM : 17031003

PROGRESS CHECK ON SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Directions: Write the correct verb in the blank to the left of each sentence. See the
instructor for answers.
1. (Was) Everybody (was-were) asked to be quiet.
2. (Finish) In a marathon, few of the starters (finishes-finish) the race.
3. (Are) Sixty days (is-are) not enough time to complete the project.
4. (Is) All of the workers (is-are) receiving their bonus.
5. (Are) On our street (is-are) many tall trees.
6. (Doesn’t) It (don’t-doesn’t) make any difference.
7. (Have) The value of cars and motorcycles (has-have) increased.
8. (Are) The principal and her husband (is-are) honored guests.
9. (Was) Either the pitcher or the base runners (was-were) caught napping.
10. (Believes) One of my friends (believe-believes) in E.S.P.
11. (Are) Have you ever heard the expression, “No new (is-are) good news?”
12. (Was) There (was-were) several dents in the car.
13. (Doesn’t) Louise (doesn’t-don’t) want to drive that long distance.
14. (Pays) Either Luis or Horace (pay-pays) the bills in our house.
15. (Were) A boy and a girl (were-was) here to see you.
16. (Is) The box of apples (is-are) on the porch.
17. (Are) Some of the job applicants (is-are) expected to pass the difficult screening test.
18. (Is) The army (is-are) conducting maneuvers in March.
19. (Comes) Here (come-comes) the family now.
20. (Is) Neither of us (is-are) going to work.
21. (Don’t) (Doesn’t-Don’t) they know when to quit?
22. (Are) Thirty minutes (is-are) the time limit for the test.
23. (Is) Measles (is-are) a disease most children experience.
24. (Is) The class (is-are) turning in their registration forms today.
25. (are) Beyond the mountains (is-are) a fertile valley.

Subject-Verb-Agreement
 1. Let me (shows) you have to do this .
2. My brother (is) the best dancer in my family.
3. My dog (barks) at strangers.
4. My friend (exercises) everyday.
5. Jonas (has) his secret strategy when it comes to writing.
6. My teacher always (checks) my homework after the class.
7. Tom (goes) for a ride every weekend.
8. I wonder if she (likes) chocolates.
9. He (drives) to work everyday.
10. Janet (tries) something new all the time.

Subject-Verb-Agreement
A. Choose the best answers
1. Anyone ____ to see film please stand up.
d. that wants
2. ___ The United Nations ___ in New York or Washington D.C.?
b. Is, Lies
3. Each boy and each girl ___ to take temperature in the school.
a. Are, Ask
4. The style and the colour of the sofa ___ both perfect for what we want.
b. Are
5. The Olympic Games ___ every four years
b. Is Held
6. Every teacher and every student ___ the new classroom during the earthquake.
b. Are used to
7. Everybody ___ asked to have ten exercise books and every exercise book ___ one
dollar.
a. Is, is
8. In China many ___ english.
b. a students studies
9. now many a scientist ___ to be a second Newton.
c. wants
10. If you go to the USA twenty kilos ___ the baggage allowance.
 d. Have
11. A library with five thousand books ___ to the natoin as a gift.
b. has offered
12. When and where to build the new factory ___ yet.
c. had not decided