This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Subject And Verb Agreement – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subject And Verb Agreement Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. The children ..... in the garden right now. A) Is playing. B) Plays. C) Play. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are playing. 7. 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. 8. Neither you nor I ..... going to do this project. A) Is. B) Was. C) Am. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am. 9. Which of the following nouns is different? A) Grass. B) Transportation. C) Equipment. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation. 10. 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. 11. The teacher and director of the school ..... very friendly person. A) Were. B) Is. C) Are. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 12. They ..... my friends also. A) Is. B) Are. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 13. 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) Refers. C) Saved. D) Knows. E) Earned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No error. 14. 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. 15. While his parents ..... at the factory, Julian and Terese ..... their brother and sister. A) Work, babysit. B) Works, babysits. C) Work, babysits. D) Works, babysit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work, babysit. 16. Either the kittens or the cat ..... to be given away. A) Were. B) Are. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 17. Everybody in my first period class ..... responsible. A) X. B) Are. C) X. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 18. Some ..... to stay home, others want to go to the movies. A) Wanted. B) Wanting. C) Want. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Want. 19. 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, gets. B) Kiss, get. C) Kiss, gets. D) Kisses, get. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kisses, gets. 20. 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. 21. A bake sale and a car wash ..... going to help us raise money for the charity. A) Has. B) Are. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. The team hopes to win seven games this year. Identify the subject in the above sentence. A) Hopes. B) Games. C) The. D) Team. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Team. 25. When Jaime and Ceu ..... to work, they ..... on their job responsibilities. A) Go, focuses. B) Goes, focus. C) Goes, focuses. D) Go, focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go, focus. 26. What is the subject of this sentence? The players feel excited about the game. A) Excited. B) Players. C) Game. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Players. 27. 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. 28. Whisk and soda ..... me unconscious. A) Makes. B) Are making. C) Make. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes. 29. *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. 30. Lance ..... a new best friend. A) Has. B) Have. C) Are. D) None of above. 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