Subject - Verb Agreement
Either the teacher or the students ..... finished their work.
a. has
b. have
b. have
Does this kind of weather ____ you?
a. affect
b. effect
a. affect
"Tense" is a grammatical category that applies to
a. verbs
b. adverbs
c. adjectives
a. verbs
Who made "What A Wonderful World" a hit?
A. Lady Gaga
B. Paul McCartney
C. Louis Armstrong
D. Mick Jagger
C. Louis Armstrong
You’d fall asleep before you could count all 27 million of them, compared to just 5 million people. New Zealand is the country with the highest ratio of what farmyard animal to humans?
a. goats
b. cows
c. sheep
d. deer
c. sheep
Neither the students nor the teacher ..... completed the assignment.
a. has
b. have
a. has
What will ____ the main course?
a. complement
b. compliment
a. complement
Only _____ can be affected by the grammatical category known as "number".
a. nouns
b. adverbs
c. adjectives
a. nouns
Who sings the uke-inspired "I'm Yours"?
A. Elvis Presley
B. Jason Mraz
C. Mick Jagger
D. Don Ho
B. Jason Mraz
Spotted, striped and black are species belonging to which mammalian family? Members of this family, though dog-like in appearance, are more closely related to cats than dogs. In the Disney movie “The Lion King”, a character voiced by Whoopi Goldberg is a member of this family.
a. hyena
b. coyote
c. Tasmanian Devil
d. leopard
a. hyena
The collection of rare coins ... been authenticated.
a. has
b. have
a. has
They're not very ____ so don't give them too much information.
a. discrete
b. discreet
b. discreet
Continuous and perfect are examples of the grammatical category known as
a. tense
b. mood
c. aspect
a. tense
What is singer/songwriter Beyonce's last name?
A. Devry
B. Knowles
C. Devereaux
D. Johnson
B. Knowles
Some of our favorite collective nouns for animals include a congregation of alligators, a business of ferrets, an ostentation of peacocks, and a gaggle of what other fowl?
a. geese
b. chickens
c. ducks
d. peacocks
a. geese
The faculty ... divided on this issue.
a. is
b. are
b. are
He's an ____ doctor.
a. eminent
b. imminent
a. eminent
"Voice" is a grammatical category affecting
a. transitive verbs
b. intransitive verbs
c. all verbs
a. transitive verbs
Who sang the song, Fireworks?
a. Katy Perry
b. Taylor Swift
c. Ed Sheeran
d. Hozier
a. Katy Perry
What creature with an equine name has no teeth or stomach, mates for life, and is one of the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offspring?
a. dolphin
b. sea urchin
c. seahorse
d. jellyfish
c. seahorse
Five miles ... a long distance to walk.
a. is
b. are
a. is
He managed to think of an _____ solution.
a. ingenious
b. ingenuous
a. ingenious
The grammatical category "person" is a property of pronouns and has _____ values.
a. one
b. two
c. three
a. one
Who sang "Let's Dance?"
a. Bon Jovi
b. Frank Sinatra
c. Michael Buble
d. David Bowie
d. David Bowie
If they were allowed to compete at the Olympics, they would win the 100m in under 7 seconds. What bird is the fastest running animal on two legs?
a. chicken
b. emu
c. peahen
d. ostrich
d. ostrich