Subject Verb Agreement (singular or plural)
Tell whether this word is singular or plural.
Another is always _______.
What is Singular
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Find the verb in each sentence (it may come before the subject).
There is a puzzle on the table.
What is Is
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Choose the correct verb from the choices in parenthesis.
Grand Canyon National Park (contains, contain) one of the most beautiful canyons in the world.
What is Contains
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Big Ben (is, are) the famous bell in the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament in London.
What is Is (verb)
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They do not specify to whom or to what they are refering to.
What is an Indefinite pronoun
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Tell whether this word is singular or plural.
Both is always _______.
What is Plural
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Find the verb in each sentence (it may come before the subject).
Here are several pieces of the puzzle.
What is Are
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Desert cacti (grows, grow) throughout the park.
What is grow
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It (has, have) a diameter of nine feet and a height of seven and one-half feet.
What is Has (verb)
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In a sentence, the subject and the verb must agree in number.
Subject-verb agreement
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Tell whether this word is singular or plural.
Fewer is always _______.
What is Plural
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Find the verb in each sentence (it may come before the subject).
On the closet floor is my storage place for shoes.
What is Is
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Aspen, fir, and spruce trees (lines, line) the north rim.
What is line
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Big Ben (was, first) rung in 1859.
What is Was (verb)
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The verbs be, do, and have, or versions of it.
What are auxiliaries
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Tell whether this word is singular or plural.
Everything is always _______.
What is Singular.
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Find the verb in each sentence (it may come before the subject).
Where are your shoes?
What is Are
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About four million tourists (visits, visit) the Grand Canyon every year.
What is visit
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Since then, an electric motor (has, have) been its power.
What is Has (auxiliary)
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Joined by and or both-and take a plural verb. Joined by or, nor, either-or, or neither-nor take a verb that agrees in number with the subject closer to the verb.
What are Compound Subjects
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Tell whether this word is singular or plural.
Everyone is always ______.
What is Singular
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Find the verb in each sentence (it may come before the subject).
Has he found my shoes yet?
What is found
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Choose the correct verb from the choices in parenthesis.
The north rim (begins, begin) ten miles away at the opposite side of the canyon.
What is begins
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Choose the correct verb or auxiliary from the choices in parenthesis and state whether it is a verb or an auxiliary.
Londoners (does, do) still hear Big Ben ring today.
What is Do (auxiliary)
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If the verb in a sentence consists of an auxiliary or auxiliaries and the main verb working together, the first auxiliary must agree with the subject.
What is Subject Verb Agreement with Auxiliaries
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