This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject And Verb Agreement – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct sentence according to Rule 5. A) The politician, along with the newsmen, is expected shortly. B) The politician and newsman, is expected shortly. C) The politician is expected shortly as well as the newsman. D) The politician is expected shortly with the newsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The politician, along with the newsmen, is expected shortly. 2. Choose the correct verb form. Millions of dollars ..... spent to renovate Old Belize. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 3. Choose the subject:The little boy hit the big girl. A) Hit. B) Little. C) Boy. D) Girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boy. 4. Every student and teacher ..... given a flower at assembly. A) Has. B) Were. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 5. Which of is the SUBJECT of the sentence? The United States still produces a majority of the world's food supply. A) United States. B) World's. C) Produces. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United States. 6. The spray paint on the wall ..... removed with a power washer. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 7. Fill in the blank with the present tense form of the verb.To be:Donuts or a giftcard ..... a nice surprise. A) Is. B) Be. C) Will be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 8. Fill in the blank in the sentence below ..... takes the bus to school with Jemma. A) You. B) We. C) They. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She. 9. Is the underlined verb correct? Choose the correct answer.The lake looks so beautiful right now. A) Look. B) Looked. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct as is. 10. Choose the subject:The passenger should have been stopped at the gate. A) Passenger. B) Should have been. C) Stopped. D) Gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passenger. 11. Is the underlined verb correct? Choose the correct answer.One week ago, Roger experiences a much different world. A) Experience. B) Experienced. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experienced. 12. Which of the following sentences is informal? A) As far as we know, none of the experiment's results has been duplicated to date. B) Neither the campus medical center nor the library is safe should a strong earthquake occur. C) None of the magazines is here. D) None of the magazines are here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the magazines are here. 13. Neither the students in the room nor the teacher know why the alarm suddenly began to sound so loudly in the halls. A) Neither. B) Know. C) No error. D) Nor. E) Began. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Know. 14. Because the STAAR test ..... soon, students ..... to get stressed out. A) Is begins. B) Are, begin. C) Are, begins. D) Is begin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is begin. 15. The student is happy about her upcoming vacation to the beach. Identify the verb in the above sentence. A) Happy. B) Beach. C) Is. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 16. What is the subject of this sentence? A bouquet of yellow roses lends color and fragrance to the room. A) Roses. B) Fragrances. C) Bouquet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bouquet. 17. When you see "or" in a sentence, what should you immediately do? A) Look to the last subject to know which verb to use. B) Ignore it. C) Panic. D) Know that the verb is ALWAYS plural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look to the last subject to know which verb to use. 18. A lot of money ..... needed. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 19. Both my boss and her partner ..... coins. A) Collecting. B) Collects. C) Collect. D) Collected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collect. 20. I have no desire to eat any more food. Which word is the pronoun? A) Any. B) I. C) Noi. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 21. A pair of sneakers ..... all that reminds her of her basketball career. A) Are. B) Is. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 22. Can be singular or plural depending on meaning. A) Abstract Noun. B) Concrete Noun. C) Collective Noun. D) Collective Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collective Noun. 23. Choose the sentence that has a plural subject and verb. A) Jennifer loves watermelon and strawberries. B) This banana is ripe and good to eat. C) Apples have seeds in their cores. D) On my way to work, I buy blueberries at the corner market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apples have seeds in their cores. 24. Why is the correct form of the verb lends and not lend in the following sentence? A bouquet of yellow roses lends fragrance to the room. A) Because the subject is before the word "of" and the subject is plural. B) Because the subject is before the word "of" and is singular. C) Because the subject is after the word "of" and is plural. D) Because the subject is after the word "of" and is singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the subject is before the word "of" and the subject is plural. 25. Wouldn't it be great to go to the beach and the park this weekend? They're both free but I just don't think I will have the time to do both because I have to finish a project for English class. Which correction should be made? A) Insert a comma after beach. B) Insert a comma after free. C) Change have to has. D) Change time to tyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert a comma after free. 26. With the best GPA in the school. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 27. Nothing about them ..... us reason to be confident. A) Give. B) Gives. C) Gave. D) Were giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives. 28. What verb connects a noun or a pronoun with a word that identifies or describes it? A) Helping Verb. B) Action Verb. C) Linking Verb. D) Happy Verbday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking Verb. 29. Either coach Mike nor his players ..... enough skill to win the championship. A) Has. B) Had. C) Have. D) Are having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 30. *They ..... us every other week. A) Visitor. B) Visits. C) Visit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visit. 31. It is our children who ..... our family perfect. A) Make. B) Made. C) Makes. D) Making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 32. Where ..... your shoes? A) Was. B) Am. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 33. Some types of subjects always take singular verbs.Which of the following sentences is an example of this explanation? A) One poll of Americans' reading and attitudes was taken in 2004. B) The news from home was very encouraging. C) All of the characters in that story written by our teacher were very believable. D) Comics and comic books are very popular kinds of reading for young people throughout the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The news from home was very encouraging. 34. Which of the following verb forms agrees with the subject "they? " A) Speak. B) Has spoken. C) Is speaking. D) Speaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speak. 35. Water ..... at 100 degrees. A) Are boiling. B) Boil. C) Boils. D) Is boiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boils. 36. Sugar and flour are needed for the recipe.Question:What type of Subject-Verb Agreement is that. A) Compound Subjects. B) Indefinite Pronouns. C) Mid sentence Phrase or Clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound Subjects. 37. Which of the following is a singular subject? A) Carrots. B) Corn and rice. C) Lettuce. D) Beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lettuce. 38. Tom and Johnny ..... looking for a cat. A) Was. B) Are. C) Has. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 39. The large number of people ..... to buy expensive clothes. A) Are like. B) Likes. C) Like. D) Liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Likes. 40. What is the correct present tense for the following sentence? She ..... to get every to sing well together. A) Trys. B) Tries. C) Try. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tries. 41. What is the correct tense for the following sentence? The Cherokee now ..... mostly in Oklahoma and North Carolina. A) Live. B) Lives. C) Lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Live. 42. What is the subject of this sentence? Her two cousins came to visit her. A) Her. B) Her two cousins came. C) Her two cousins. D) Her two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her two cousins. 43. The distance to Bangkok ..... 17 miles. A) Were. B) Be. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 44. Which verb correctly completes the sentence? Clouds ..... past. A) Flies. B) Fly. C) Drift. D) Drifts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drift. 45. Choose the correct verb form. Neither of the parents ..... to have a friendly softball match. A) Agree. B) Agrees. C) Agreeing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agrees. 46. Find the underlined portion of the sentence that contains an error. Approach each question methodically. Look specifically for errors in subject-verb agreement.1. Either the captain or the members of the crew on the ship was responsible for the accident that had occurred during last night's shift. A) Had occurred. B) Accident. C) Or. D) No error. E) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Was. 47. Which of the following words is not a community name? A) Team. B) Education. C) Committee. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Education. 48. Usually the campers obey the mandate to have lights out by ten, but inevitably somebody in the group ignore the rule. A) Ingnore. B) Ignres. C) Ignores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ignores. 49. The girl ..... to be a famous singer. A) Want. B) Wants. C) Wanting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wants. 50. Only Lisa, not her sisters, ..... attending the university A) Am. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 51. What is the correct tense for the following sentence? Fur trader Abraham Wood ..... two men. A) Send. B) Sended. C) Sends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sends. 52. What is the mistake? :The proposal brought so much new work to the partnership that there was not enough hours to complete all of it. A) Work. B) To complete. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 53. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. Mr. Sylliaasen ..... basketball highlights before the game. (watch) A) Watches. B) Watchs. C) Watchies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watches. 54. Choose the sentence that has a singular subject and verb. A) The kittens sneak into the man's house. B) The man sneezes because of his cat allergy. C) The three mice hide in his basement. D) His neighbors hear purring through the walls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man sneezes because of his cat allergy. 55. Identify which rule(s) is/are being used in this example.Rice and Beans, accompanied by vegetables, is my favorite lunch choice. A) 7 (The indefinite pronouns rule). B) 1 & 4 ( The and & connectives rule). C) 2 & 5 (Nouns joined by or & when the subject follows the verb). D) 2 ( Nouns joined by or rule). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 & 4 ( The and & connectives rule). 56. If subjects are joined by "or" or "nor" the verb should ..... A) Be plural. B) Match the word before "or". C) Match the word after "or". D) Be singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Match the word after "or". 57. What is the subject of the sentence below? Melinda, a girl in my class, feels proud of her pet cats Fred and Ty. A) Melinda. B) Cat. C) Girl. D) Fred and Ty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melinda. 58. Twenty-hour workweeks and a full load of schoolwork ..... not unusual for students. A) Are. B) Was. C) Has. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 59. More than 70 U.S. cities ..... banned Styrofoam. A) Has. B) Have. C) Hasn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 60. Which is the correct verb to complete the sentence? A car and a bike ..... my means of transportation. A) Are. B) Is. C) Be. D) None of above. 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