Subject-Verb Agreement
Select the correct verb: Mary and I (plays/play) volleyball every Saturday.
play (plural verb)
Choose the correct word: It has taken me three (days/day's) to finish this book.
days (plural)
Choose the correct word: That is the (taller/tallest) building I have ever seen!
tallest (superlative -est: most)
Which of the following should be capitalized?
store, lake, friend, sister, houston, yellow
Houston (name of a city)
What change should be made?
Hannah and Elaine fixed the computer herself.
Change herself to themselves (pronouns should agree)
Choose the correct verb: The greatest day of the week (is/are) Friday!
is (singular)
Choose the correct word: My (sisters/sister's) lost the cards, so we can't play Go Fish.
Choose the correct word: I know I am (faster/fastest) than Joey because I can run a mile in 6 minutes.
faster (comparative -er: more)
Which of the following should be capitalized?
dog, friend, david, pencil, sunshine, forest
David (a person's name)
What change should be made?
Everybody sang good in the choir concert yesterday.
Change good to well (adverbs describe verbs, adjectives describe nouns)
Choose the correct verb: The tortoise and the hare (finishes/finish) the race at different times.
finish (plural verb)
Choose the correct word: I didn't the (dogs/dog's) bone after looking in the yard all afternoon.
dog's (possessive)
Choose the correct word: I slept with the light on because the ghost story made me (fearful/fearless).
fearful (-ful: with)
Which word(s) should be capitalized?
I already had a birthday party in january.
January (month of the year)
What change should be made?
Yesterday we will go to the park to play on the playground.
Change will go to went (Verb tense)
Choose the correct verb: The voices of the choir (sounds/sound) beautiful in the theater.
sound (plural verb)
Choose the correct word: We can play an excellent game of hide and seek at my house because there are a lot of (trees/tree's).
trees (plural)
Choose the correct word: I was running and looking behind me, so I ran into my friend and dropped my books. I was just being (careful/careless).
careless (-less: without)
Which word(s) should be capitalized?
Have you ever the declaration of independence before?
Declaration, Independence (Important historical documents, only the key words)
What change should be made?
The frog and toad jumps across the field on a warm, sunny afternoon.
Change jumps to jump (Subject-verb agreement)
Choose the correct verb: Mark or Andy (spills/spill) the soda onto the floor.
spills (singular verb when you use "or")
keys (plural)
Choose the correct word: Before you read the passage, you should (preview/review) the questions.
preview (pre-: before)
Which word(s) should be capitalized?
I will go to california next saturday and play in the sand at the beach.
California (name of a state)
Saturday (day of the week)
What change should be made?
Neither Frank or Riley could decide where to go for vacation next week.
Change or to nor (Coordinating conjunctions, word pairs)