Answer : Subject and Verb

Agreement Exercise
1. Annie and her brothers are at school.
2. Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats are outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat is always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara don't want to see that movie.
6. Benito doesn't know the answer.
7. One of my sisters is going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds lives on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, want to win.
11. Either answer is acceptable.
12. Every one of those books is fiction.
13. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.
14. Is the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics is John's favorite subject, while Civics is Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars is the price of a movie these days.
17. Are the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants are at the cleaner's.
19. There were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left!
20. The committee debates these questions carefully.
21. The committee members lead very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, are in this case.
Subject–Verb Agreement

Directions: Circle the correct verb in the following sentences. If you have a
doubt about the correct verb, refer to the clues on the following page.
1.The rhythm of the pounding waves is / are calming.
2.All of the dogs in the neighbourhood were / was barking.
3.A high tax, not to mention unemployment, influence / influences votes.
4.My friends and my mother like / likes each other.
5.The team and the band was / were on the field.
6.Building a good marriage and building a good log fire is / are similar in many
ways.
7.John or Doris write / writes to us regularly.
8.Neither Carol nor Ted is / are excluded from the meeting.
9.Either Patty or Tom was / were asked to lead the meeting.
10.Neither the basket nor the apples was / were expensive.
11.Neither the apples nor the basket was / were expensive
12.Either Maria or you was / were late for class.
13.Either you or Maria was / were late for class.
14.Hardest hit by the high temperatures and the drought was / were the
farmers.
15.Neither of them like / likes going to the show.
16.Each of them has / have a good seat.
17.Everybody in the class has / have tickets.
18.Every silver knife, fork, and spoon has / have to be counted.
19.Each cat and each dog has / have its own toy.
20.The committee is / are meeting today.
21.Ten million gallons of oil is / are a lot of oil.
22.The jury vote / votes today.
23.The number is / are very small.
24.A number of students was / were absent.
25.Ten million gallons of oil was / were spilled.
26.The majority of us is / are in favor.
27.Statistics is / are an interesting subject. Statistics is / are often misleading.
28.The sheep stray / strays when the gate is left open. Sheep stray / strays
when the gate is left open.

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1. To take pay and then not to do work ________ dishonest.

2. The cost of all these articles ________ risen. 
3. The jury _______ divided in their opinions
4. That night every one of the boat's crew ______ down with fever.
5. One or the other of those fellows _______ stolen the watch.
6. The strain of all the difficulties and vexations and anxieties ______
more than he could bear.
7. No news _________ good news.
8. The accountant and the cashier ______ absconded.
9. A good man and useful citizen ______ passed away.
10. The famous juggler and conjurer ________ too unwell to
perform.
11. The Three Musketeers ________ written by Dumas.
12. Each of the suspected men ______ arrested.
13. The ebb and flow of the tides ______ explained by Newton.
14. Ninety rupees ______ too much for this bag.

15. The cow as well as the horse _________on grass.

16. Neither his father nor his mother __________ alive.

17. There _______ many objections to the plan.

18. Two-thirds of the city ____________ in ruins

19. The formation of paragraphs __________ very important.

20. Man's happiness or misery __________ in a great measure in his

own hands.

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Subject-Verb Agreement
Practice Exercises
1.Everyone (has/have) done his or herhomework.
2.Each of the students (is/are) responsible for doing his or her work.
3.Either my father or my brothers (is/are) going to sell the car.
4.Neither my sisters nor my mother (is/are) going to sell the house.
5.The samples on the tray in the lab (need/needs) testing.
6.Mary and John usually (plays/play) together.
7.Both of the dogs (has/have) collars.
8.Neither the dogs nor the cat (is/are) very hungry.
9.Either the girls or the boy (walk/walks) in the evening.
10.Either the boy or the girls (walk/walks) in the evening.
11.At the end of the fall (comes/come) the hard tests.
12.The slaughter of animals for their fur (has/have) caused
controversy.
13.The student, as well as his teacher, (was/were) going on the field
trip.
14.The hard tests (comes/come) at the end of the fall.
15.Both of my roommates (has/have) decided to live in the dorms.

Subject - Verb Agreement Answers

1.Everyone has done his or her homework.
2.Each of the students is responsible for doing his other work.
3.Either my father or my brothers are going to sell the car.
4.Neither my sisters nor my mother is going to sell the house.
5.The samples on the tray in the lab need testing.
6.Mary and John usually play together.
7.Both of the dogs have collars.
8.Neither the dogs nor the cat is very hungry.
9.Either the girls or the boy walk-in the evening.
10.Either the boy or the girls walking the evening.
11.At the end of the fall come the hard tests.
12.The slaughter of animals for their fur has caused controversy.
13.The student, as well as his teacher, was going on the field trip.
14.The hard tests come at the end of the fall.
15.Both of my roommates have decided to live in the dorms.