Subject and verb agreement

SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT

1. The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories
2. Anything (is/are) better than going to the play tonight
3. A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday
4. There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night
5. Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions
6. Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning
7. The army (has/have) eliminated this section of the training test
8. The number of students who have withdrawn form class this quarter (is/are) appaling
9. These pictures as well as photograph (brighten/brightens) the room
10. Gymnastics (is/are) my favourite sport
11. The trousers you bought for me (doesn’t/don’t) fit me
12. Where (do/does) your family live?
13. Three days (isn’t/aren’t) long enough for a good holiday
14. What he told you (seem/seems) to be of no importance
15. Measles (is/are) cured without much difficulty nowadays
16. Neither the moon nor stars (is/are) visible in this dark night
17. Wheat (is/are) used to make flour
18. The staff (was/were) opposed to any changes
19. Fortunately the news (wasn’t/weren’t) as bad as we expected
20. I don’t like very hot weather. Thirty degrees (is/are) too warm for me.
II. S-V Agreement
1. The weather in the southern states (get/gets) very hot during the summer
2. The results of Br Noll’s experiment (was/were) published in a scientific journal
3. Doly and her friends (is/are) coming to the anniversary arty tomorrow night
4. Every man, woman, and child (is/are) protected under the law
5. Washing the dishes (is/are) the children’s job
6. A lot of the students (is/are) already here
7. Some of the furniture in our apartment (is/are) secondhand
8. Some of the desks in the classroom (is/are) broken
9. At least three-quarters of that book on the famous Americans (is/are) about people who lived in the 19th century
10. One of the countries I would like to visit (is/are) Italy
11. Some of the cities I would like to visit (is/are) Rome and Venice
12. Each student in the class (have/has) to have a book
13. Each of the students (have/has) a notebook
14. None of the students (was/were) late today
15. The number of students in this room right now (is/are) twenty
16. A number of students in the class (speak/speaks) English very well
17. There (is/are) some interesting pictures in today’s paper
18. There (is/are) an incorrect statement in the newspaper article
19. The United States (is/are) located in the North American
20. Economics (is/are) Don’s favourite subject
21. Ten minutes (is/are) more than enough time to complete this exercise
22. Most people (like/likes) to go to the zoo
23. The police (is/are) coming. I’ve already called them
24. Japanese (is/are) very difficult for English speakers to learn
25. The Japanese (has/have) a long and interesting history
26. The old in my country (is/are) cared by their children and grandchildren
27. This exercise on singular-plural agreement of subjects and verbs (is/are) easy
28. the extent of Jane’ knowledge on various complex subjects (astound/astounds)me
29. The subjects you will be studying in this course (is/are) listed in the syllabus
30. Massachusetts and Connecticut (is/are) located in New England
31. Only the black widow spider, of all the spiders in the United States, (has/have) caused death among human being
32. The professor and the student (agree/agrees) on the point
33. Almost every professor and student at the university (approve/approves) of the choice of Dr.Brown as the new president
34. Each girl and boy in the 6th grade (has/have) to do a science project
35. Getting to know students from all over the world (is/are) one of the best parts of my jobs
36. Annie had a hard time when she was coming home from the store as the bad of groceries (was/were) too heavy for her to carry
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