This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject And Verb Agreement – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct present tense verb that fills in the blank:Coach Mike nor his players ..... enough skill to win the championship. A) Having. B) Has been. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 2. What is a sign that a verb is SINGULAR? A) There are no signs; you just have to know. B) Singular verbs always end in S (with very few exceptions). C) The ending punctuation will help tell you what kind of verb you need. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singular verbs always end in S (with very few exceptions). 3. My pants ..... in the drawer. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 4. Which word best completes the sentence? We ..... a day at the beach. A) Plans. B) Spend. C) Misses. D) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spend. 5. What is the subject of this sentence? My uncle teaches in California. A) My. B) My uncle teaches in. C) My uncle teaches. D) My uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My uncle. 6. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. Mr. Fode ..... his piano sometimes. (fix) A) Fixes. B) Fixs. C) Fixies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixes. 7. After the curtains rise, someone on the special effects team activate a switch on the fog machine, releasing fake fog across the stage. A) Activate. B) Activates. C) Activtes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Activates. 8. Choose the sentence in which the underlined verb is correct. A) The swarm of bees are in that tree. B) Has the doctors reached a diagnosis?. C) Here are the missing files. D) Many of the people believes that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Here are the missing files. 9. Subject-verb-agreement rule 6 states:Each, either/neither and one of takes a singular verb. Choose the suitable verb form to complete the sentence.Either Jaime or Josh ..... to work every Sunday morning. A) Go. B) Goes. C) Goses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 10. Neither Alex nor his brothers ..... (to be) going to the party now. A) Was. B) Is. C) Be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 11. Which is the subject of the sentence? One day's work for a farmer today equals about a week's effort for our grandparents. A) Day's. B) Work. C) Farmer. D) Grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Work. 12. Yesterday I walked the dog, I read for English class afterwards. A) Fragment. B) Sentence. C) Run-on. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 13. The pebbles on the path ..... slippery. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 14. Complete the present tense verb rule. Add the letter ..... to most verbs if the subject is singular. A) D. B) S. C) P. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S. 15. Fill in the blank with the present tense form of the verb.To cook:Spaghetti and meatballs ..... on the stove. A) Cooked. B) Is cooking. C) Cook. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cook. 16. Two hundred miles ..... a long way. A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 17. Everybody ..... about the weather. A) Talks. B) Were talking. C) Talk. D) Are talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talks. 18. Either James or the workers in the store believe that under the steps sit a lost puppy cowering in fear and yelping for our attention. A) Cowering. B) Believe. C) Yelping. D) Sit. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sit. 19. The teacher was adamant when he said that each of the students in the room are responsible for the damaged equipment. A) Was adamant. B) He said. C) Are. D) No error. E) Damaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 20. What is the mistake? :Only once have there been more excitement in this city about a sporting event. A) Sporting. B) Been. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 21. Which verb would complete the sentence and agree with the subject? Neither the trumpet players nor the drummer ..... our school. A) Have visited. B) Were visiting. C) Has visited. D) Are visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has visited. 22. A good medicine ..... bitter. A) Tasty. B) Taste. C) Frets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frets. 23. Choose the verb form that agrees with the subject, "Tim and Moby." A) Says. B) Has said. C) Was saying. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said. 24. Try contacting the information technology department about the faulty app. Everybody in that department have access to the resources needed to fix the problem A) Has. B) Had. C) Haved. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 25. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. Griffin ..... before the big game. (stretch) A) Stretchs. B) Stretches. C) Stretchies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stretches. 26. Amanda looked in many places for her keys, but, she never found them. In this sentence, how is keys, but, A) As it is. B) Keys, but she. C) Keys but, she. D) Keys but she. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keys, but she. 27. Five hundred rupees notes ..... found lying on the road yesterday. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 28. Rule 9 states:Some of, all of, most of and none of can be used with either singular or plural verbs.None of = plural form (means not any or suggests more than one thing or person)None of = singular form (when it means no one or not one)Choose the appropriate verb form. None of those restaurants ..... mouth-watering ceviche. They all have terrible ratings." A) Serves. B) Serve. C) Serving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serve. 29. Which of the following is a good way to tell if a subject is plural? A) It ends in "s". B) It doesn't end in "s". C) It ends in "-ing". D) It ends with a silent "e". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It ends in "s". 30. The team ..... really hard in all games. A) X. B) Play. C) Plays. D) X. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plays. 31. Is the underlined verb correct? Choose the correct answer.Last night the cricket view Times Square for the first time. A) Views. B) Viewed. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viewed. 32. Which of the following sentences is formal? A) Neither of the choices are desirable. B) Either of the outfits is appropriate. C) Either of the outfits are appropriate. D) Neither you nor I are convinced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either of the outfits is appropriate. 33. He ..... to work by bus A) Goed. B) Goes. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 34. Every book in the library has been entered in the new computer system.What is the head noun of the subject in this sentence? A) New computer system. B) Library. C) Every book. D) Has been entered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every book. 35. If the subject is singular, the ..... must be singular. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 36. There was reasons the man decided not to pursue the thief running from the store. A) Was. B) Running. C) No error. D) Decided. E) Pursue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 37. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France. A) Is. B) Are. C) Be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 38. Fill in the blank with the present tense form of the verb.To run:Ms. Jackson and her sons ..... an arcade in the mall. A) Run. B) Are running. C) Will run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 39. Which verb correctly completes the sentence? Jenny ..... out a window. A) Fly. B) Looks. C) Look. D) Flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looks. 40. What is the magic word in the following sentence? "My mom or my cousin is coming over for dinner" A) Or. B) My. C) Cousin. D) Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 41. Choose the sentence that is written with correct subject-verb agreement. A) The rats finds many slices of pizza on the subway tracks. B) The rats find a slice of pizza on the subway tracks. C) The rat find a slice of pizza on the subway tracks. D) The rats findes a slice of pizza on the subway tracks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rats find a slice of pizza on the subway tracks. 42. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. She ..... the ball to Jade. (pass) A) Pass. B) Passes. C) Passies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passes. 43. Choose the correct answer. Either Uncle Dan or Aunt Darla ..... to Belize today. A) Are arriving. B) Is arriving. C) Were arriving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is arriving. 44. Takes singular verbs. A) Compound Subjects. B) Collective Nouns. C) Singular Subjects. D) Indefinite Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indefinite Pronouns. 45. Before they can make any decisions about the experiment, the boys in the chemistry class need to consult their data. A) Consult. B) About the experiment. C) Can make. D) Needs. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) No error. 46. Alejandra and Jasmine ..... to go shopping and ..... two pairs of shoes each. A) Plans, purchases. B) Plan, purchase. C) Plans, purchase. D) Plan, purchases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plan, purchase. 47. A compound subject using OR/NOR to connect the subjects, and BOTH subjects are singular takes a ..... verb. A) Singular. B) Plural. C) Satisfied. D) Particular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singular. 48. Which of the following sentences is true? A) Neither the book nor the magazine discuss this issue. B) Neither the magazines nor the books discusses this issue. C) Either the library or bookstores have current magazines. D) Either bookstores or the library have current magazines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either the library or bookstores have current magazines. 49. Even after Jeremy had worked at the store for months, neither his supervisor nor the store's owners of the large chain was aware of his superior work. A) Had worked. B) Nor. C) No error. D) Store's. E) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was. 50. Choose the subject:Have the men come all the way from Europe? A) Have come. B) Europe. C) Men. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Men. 51. Both ..... the same reasons to me. A) Say. B) Says. C) Saying. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Say. 52. Which is NOT a way to correct a run-on? A) , and. B) ;. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ,. 53. Maryam ..... her hair twice a week. A) Washes. B) Is washing. C) Washed. D) Wash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washes. 54. Simply means the subject and verb must agree in number. This means both need to be singular or both need to be plural. A) Tenses. B) Relative Pronoun. C) Subject-Verb Agreement. D) Collective Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject-Verb Agreement. 55. For some people, 10 thousand naira ..... very valuable. A) Be. B) Have. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 56. Choose the sentence in which the underlined word is correct. A) There goes the puppies. B) Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters show a Dutch farm family at dinner.. C) Have the committee argued much?. D) Was you right about the homework problem?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have the committee argued much?. 57. A trumpeter swan ..... the largest of all water birds. A) Is. B) Are. C) Has. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 58. Is the underlined verb correct? Choose the correct answer.Now the animals crouch against the cement. A) Crouches. B) Crouched. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct as is. 59. Fill in the blank with the present tense form of the verb.To know:Each of us ..... how to play baseball. A) Is knowing. B) Know. C) Will know. D) Knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knows. 60. Which is the correct verb that completes this sentence? The soccer players ..... on the field. A) Run. B) Runned. C) Runs. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubject And Verb Agreement Quiz 2Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 3Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 4Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 5Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 6Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 7Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 8Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books