This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject And Verb Agreement – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the subject in this sentence singular or plural. The dogs and cats (play, plays) outside. A) Singular. B) Plural. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plural. 2. Choose the correct present tense verb that fills in the blank:Each of the happy kids ..... across the playground at recess. A) Had hopped. B) Hops. C) Hop. D) Is hopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hop. 3. Which of these sentences has a mistake in subject-verb agreement? A) She sits in the very last row for the whole ride. B) Her parents wait for her at the bus stop. C) She arrives a little late because of traffic. D) Her parents does not see her for a few minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her parents does not see her for a few minutes. 4. Each of the children were supposed to be given awards at the end of the play. A) Each. B) Given. C) End. D) Were. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 5. What is the best way to correct this sentence? On that road next to the river sits several abandoned cars. A) Make CARS the subject of the sentence. B) Change SITS to SIT. C) Change ABANDONED to ANANDONS. D) Move ON THAT ROAD to the end of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change SITS to SIT. 6. Choose the suitable list of nouns for rule 2 ....., ....., or ..... is representing Muffles College High School at the Math Olympiad. A) She, he, we. B) She, I, they. C) Javier, Jade, Kairy. D) The girl, boy, children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Javier, Jade, Kairy. 7. Fill in the blank in the sentence below.The three children ..... on the beach and build sandcastles. A) Ploes. B) Plays. C) Playes. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play. 8. Collective Noun can be singular or plural depending on meaning. The question, which of that is an example of collective noun. A) Team. B) Them. C) You. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Team. 9. How can following two sentences be combined? I want to play outside with my friends. It is very cold outside. A) Replace the period with a comma. B) Replace the period with a comma and add 'but'. C) Replace the period with a comma and add 'so'. D) Replace the period with a dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Replace the period with a comma and add 'but'. 10. There ..... five puppies for sale because the couple already has ten puppies. A) Are. B) Is. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 11. What is the correct tense for the following sentence? People ..... the Cherokee language. A) Hears. B) Heard. C) Heared. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hear. 12. Tim and my cousin ..... good friends. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 13. What is the correct present tense for the following sentence? A woman who knows music ..... into town. A) Hurrys. B) Hurries. C) Hurry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurries. 14. What is the subject? :Only once have there been more excitement in this city about a sporting event. A) Excitement. B) One. C) This city. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excitement. 15. Which choice is the corrected sentence? :The box of cartridges for the printer have been misplaced. A) The box of cartridges for the printer have been misplacing. B) The box of cartridge for the printer have been misplaced. C) The box of cartridges for the printer has been misplaced. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The box of cartridges for the printer has been misplaced. 16. Pick the one with the correct parenthesis postion according to Rule 5. A) Joe and his trusty mutt (was always welcome). B) (Joe and his trusty mutt) was always welcome. C) Joe (and his trusty mutt) was always welcome. D) (Joe) nd his trust mutt was always welcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joe (and his trusty mutt) was always welcome. 17. An average condor ..... a wingspan of more than nine feet. A) Have. B) Has. C) Is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 18. The road ..... too rough and uneven. A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 19. Book clubs are very popular social activities.What is the head noun of the subject? A) Book clubs. B) Very. C) Are. D) Social activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Book clubs. 20. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. Berkley ..... for a new football. (wish) A) Wishes. B) Wishies. C) Wishs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wishes. 21. What is the antecedent of the RED pronoun? My mother ate her salad. A) Salad. B) Ate. C) Mother. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother. 22. When you see "and" in a sentence, what should you immediately do? A) Know that the verb is ALWAYS plural. B) Ignore it. C) Pretend it says "or". D) Look to the last subject to know which verb to use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know that the verb is ALWAYS plural. 23. What is the subject of this sentence? Kayla and Jacob hike through the woods. A) Hike. B) Woods. C) Kayla and Jacob. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kayla and Jacob. 24. Subject-verb-agreement rule 1 states:when two or more subjects are joined by and, it acts as a plural compound subject and takes a plural verb unless the subject's intended sense is singular, then it takes a singular verb. Keeping that in mind, choose the suitable verb. Belize and Australia ..... known to have the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. A) Are. B) Is. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 25. Which verb belongs on the blank line? Penelope and Priscilla played tennis all day and ..... exhausted when they came home. A) Be. B) Is. C) Were. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 26. While the students enjoyed the play, they preferred reading the book. A) Fragment. B) Run-On. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence. 27. Is the subject in this sentence singular or plural. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer. A) Singular. B) Plural. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singular. 28. The children ..... in the garden right now. A) Play. B) Are playing. C) Is playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are playing. 29. What change, if any, should be made to this sentence? The chess club captain, as well as her teammates, feels anxious about the tournament's results. A) Change feels to feel. B) No change. C) Change club to clubs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No change. 30. Neither you nor I ..... going to do this project. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am. 31. Which of the following nouns is different? A) Grass. B) Equipment. C) Transportation. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transportation. 32. What is the correct present tense for the following sentence? A newspaper writer ..... for a new music director. A) Asks. B) Askes. C) Ask. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asks. 33. The teacher and director of the school ..... very friendly person. A) Are. B) Were. C) Have. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 34. They ..... my friends also. A) Is. B) Are. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 35. Each of the man's children knows the value of money and frequently refers to the adage "A penny saved is a penny earned." A) No error. B) Earned. C) Saved. D) Refers. E) Knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No error. 36. What is the correct tense for the following sentence? The word Cherokee ..... people who live in the mountains. A) Mean. B) Means. C) Meaned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Means. 37. While his parents ..... at the factory, Julian and Terese ..... their brother and sister. A) Work, babysit. B) Works, babysit. C) Work, babysits. D) Works, babysits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work, babysit. 38. Either the kittens or the cat ..... to be given away. A) Have. B) Are. C) Were. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 39. Everybody in my first period class ..... responsible. A) Are. B) X. C) X. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 40. Some ..... to stay home, others want to go to the movies. A) Wants. B) Wanting. C) Wanted. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Want. 41. Choose the correct verb for the following sentence.Susan is one of those students who ..... up to the instructor every chance that s/he ..... A) Kisses, get. B) Kiss, gets. C) Kiss, get. D) Kisses, gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kisses, gets. 42. Complete the present tense verb rule. Add the letters ..... to verbs that end with:s, ch, sh, x, or z. A) Es. B) Ies. C) S. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Es. 43. A bake sale and a car wash ..... going to help us raise money for the charity. A) Is. B) Was. C) Has. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 44. Statistics (am, is, are) showing an increase in inflation. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 45. What is the mistake in this sentence? :Ten miles beyond the river was the farmlands that they had purchased with their life savings. A) Was. B) Had purchased. C) Ten miles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 46. The team hopes to win seven games this year. Identify the subject in the above sentence. A) The. B) Team. C) Games. D) Hopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Team. 47. When Jaime and Ceu ..... to work, they ..... on their job responsibilities. A) Go, focus. B) Goes, focus. C) Go, focuses. D) Goes, focuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go, focus. 48. What is the subject of this sentence? The players feel excited about the game. A) Feel. B) Excited. C) Players. D) Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Players. 49. Select the intervening phrase (sits between the subject and verb) in each sentence.New York, despite its crowded streets, is fun to visit. A) To visit. B) Despite the crowded streets. C) Is fun to visit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despite the crowded streets. 50. Whisk and soda ..... me unconscious. A) Make. B) Are making. C) Makes. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes. 51. *Mathematics ..... (to be) the science of pure quantity. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were Collective nouns are usually regarded as singular subjects. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 52. Lance ..... a new best friend. A) Has. B) Have. C) Are. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 53. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. Mrs. Pudwill ..... Sam fractions. (teach) A) Teachs. B) Teaches. C) Teachies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teaches. 54. What is the correct present tense for the following sentence? A town citizen ..... for a new music director. A) Watches. B) Watchs. C) Watch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watches. 55. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses to complete the sentence. Will ..... in the car. (sing) A) Sings. B) Singes. C) Singies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sings. 56. Either my father or my mother ..... coming to meet the teacher. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 57. Is the underlined verb correct? Choose the correct answer.At the moment, their eyes is on the sky. A) Are. B) Were. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 58. Fill in the blank with the present tense form of the verb.To plant:One of the teachers ..... a garden in the courtyard. A) Plants. B) Will plant. C) Plant. D) Planted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants. 59. This machine ..... you with digital control buttons. A) Equip. B) Teams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teams. 60. . Bread and butter ..... what she asks for. A) Are. B) Have seen. C) Will be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubject And Verb Agreement Quiz 1Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 2Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 3Subject 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