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This guide provides comprehensive practice on subject-verb agreement with clear rules and multiple exercises. It addresses common pitfalls such as subject modifiers, singular and plural subjects, and the use of indefinite pronouns. Explore examples on various topics, including grammar rules that dictate verb forms based on subject proximity and modifiers. This resource is designed for students and educators to enhance understanding and correctness in writing. Improve your grammar skills and ensure agreement in all written tasks.
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11/5 Agreement warm-up #1 1.) Many examples that he talks about (is/are) on culture. 2.) The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring (is/are) more than just a nuisance. 3.) Every student in all the high schools (is/are) Going on the field trip. 4.) Kara Walters, together with her teammates, (scores/score) top scores on the basketball court. 5.) Some of the votes (seem/seems) to have been miscounted.
11/5 Agreement warm-up #1 Rule 1: Use verbs that agree with a subject, not with a noun that is part of a modifying phrase or clause between verb and subject: “The pot of eggs is boiling on the stove.”
11/7 Agreement warm-up #2 1.)Each (do/does) a great does of work. 2.) Every Wednesday the staff (work/works) late. 3.)One of the Elvis impersonators (is/are) missing. 4.) Both of those cities (were/was) on my vacation route. 5.) I’m sure someone in these two classrooms (has/have) a pen.
11/7 Agreement warm-up #2 Rule 2: Use singular verbs with singular indefinite pronouns — each, the “-bodies,” “-ones,” and “-things” (anybody, everyone, nothing), and the like: • “Everybody is correct.” (And, just as in rule number 1, the presence of a modifier is irrelevant: “Everyone of them is correct.”)
11/19 Agreement warm-up #3 1.) Several examples (is/are) not about your singular thesis. 2.) In “Seeing Through the Rules” there (is/are) two groups that are trying to get along. 3.) There (is/are) millions of people who would rather be poor than ask for government help. 4.) The major problem (is/are) the contradictory findings. 5.) The only thing we (need/needs) now are new books. 6.) The results (is/are) one thing, but we don’t care.
11/19 Agreement warm-up #3 Rule 3: Use singular or plural verbs that agree with the subject, not with the complement of the subject: “My favorite type of movie is comedies,” but “Comedies are my favorite type of movie.”
11/27 Agreement warm-up #4 Rule number 4: Use plural verbs with compound subjects that include and: “The dog and the cat are outside.”
12/5 Agreement warm-up #5 Use plural verbs or singular verbs, depending on the form of the noun nearest the verb, with compound subjects that include nor or or: “Either the dog or the cats are responsible for the mess.” (“Either the cats or the dog is responsible for the mess” is also technically correct but is awkward.)
