Rules
Compound Subjects
Inverted Sentences
Indefinite Pronouns
Agreement
100

Subjects and verbs must agree in this.

Number

100

Both Jeff and Sam (is, are) going bowling today after school.

Are

100

Down that dark path (sit, sits) the haunted house.

Sits

100

One of my brothers (plants, plant) tomatoes every year.

Plants

100

The samples on the tray in the lab (needs, need) testing.

Need

200

Singular action verbs are formed by doing this.

Adding an -s to the verb.

200

The actors and Tom will (meet, meets) on the stage at five.

Meet

200

Here (is, are) the book you wanted to read. 

Is

200

Everyone in my neighborhood (says, say) the soil is not good enough.

Says

200

The slaughter of animals for their fur (have, has) caused controversy.

Has

300

When two subjects are joined by "or" or "nor" you determine the verbs number by doing this.

Looking at the subject that sitting closer to the verb and making sure the verb agrees with it.

300

Marla and Sean (dance, dances) for the team.

Dance
300

(Does, Do) the victim's bank want the robbers punished?

Does

300
Usually everyone in the family (eat, eats) these tomatoes.  

Eats

300

Find the error with subject-verb agreement. 

When you inhale the diaphragm a muscle beneath the lungs flatten out to make way for the air entering your lungs.

Flatten should be flattens

400

This is an inverted sentence.

A sentence whose verb comes before the subject.

400

The sisters or Henry (eat, eats) all of their dinner.

Eats
400

In the book Crimes and Misdeamonrs (appears, appear) many bungling criminals.

Appear

400

Few (know, knows) how to display their talent.

Know
400

Find the error with subject-verb agreement. 


Nutrient-rich vegetables including beet greens, watercress, and chard helps reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

Helps to help

500

These 4 indefinite pronouns are plural.

Both, few, many, and several.
500

Either Rob or his sisters (sit, sits) in the first row.

Sit

500

Across the floor of the shop (run, runs) a single bright thread, snagged on a rough floorboard.

Runs

500

Several of us (prefer, prefers) blue cheese dressing on a salad.

Prefer

500

Find the error with subject-verb agreement.

In the 1998 movie Antz an army of ants attack a rival group of termites. A lowly worker ant becomes a hero in the process

initiating events that shake up the ant

world.

Attack to attacks

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