Subject-Verb Agreement
The students in the algebra class (have, has) finished taking the exam.
have
Hannah is the type of student whom I admire greatly.
whom (no error)
She was ill-equipped to handle her grief; she had never experienced such ____________.
A. pithy
B. woe
C. lithe
D. equanimity
B. woe
One of the players (is, are) hurt.
is
The most recent poll concluded that health care workers in the western United States feel that his or her job opportunities will be good over the next ten years.
their
His deceitful nature made it easy for the jury to see through his _____________ lies.
A. pithy
B. arduous
C. decorous
D. perfidious
D. perfidious
Judy, along with the rest of the girls, (has, have) already gone to the banquet.
has
Last year, when Jim's cousins came to visit, Jim took them to the circus and invited Carol and I along with them.
me
The team was in complete ____________; everyone agreed to reschedule the game.
A. concord
B. equanimity
C. presumptuous
D. lithe
A. concord
Either Jerry or his brothers (ask, asks) more questions than is necessary.
ask
Pediatricians are responsible not for their patient's physical health but also their emotional well-being.
A. not only for their patient's physical health but also their emotional well-being.
B. not only for their patient's physical health but also his emotional well-being.
C. for both their patient's physical health and his emotional well-being.
D. for both the physical health and emotional well-being of their patients.
D
My father was always careful to take care of our _________ needs first and his afterword.
A. arduous
B. portly
C. retrogress
D. exigent
D. exigent
Along the road (sits, sit) hidden among the bushes two newborn puppies.
sit
The most recent political poll of registered voters indicate that most voters are still unsure which candidate they will support on election day.
A. indicate that most voters are still unsure which candidate they will support on election day.
B. indicates that most voters are still unsure which candidate they will support on election day.
C. indicates that most voters are still unsure which candidate one will support on election day.
D. indicates that most voters are as of yet no sure which candidate they will support on election day.
B
I find that short, __________ statements are more effective than drawn-out orations.
A. allusive
B. arduous
C. pithy
D. retrogress
C. pithy