Subject Verb Agreement
Choose the verb that correctly completes the sentence.
Last week, Brady _______ to mail the letter to his pen pal in Puerto Rico
A. forgotten
B. forgets
C. forgetted
D. forgot
D. Forgot
Jasmine's basketball team was losing the last game of the season. It was critical that Jasmine score three points for her team to win. Her team would lose if she did not make this shot.
What is the meaning of the word critical in the passage above?
A. important
B. beautiful
C. scary
D. easy
A. important
What is the correct simple tense of each verb?
The simple future tense of walk is ____________.
will walk
You can use rocks to make your campfire safer. This is because rocks are nonflammable. They will not burn like wood. Make a circle out of rocks. Only burn wood inside the circle of rocks. This will help prevent forest fires.
What does the word nonflammable mean?
A. more flammable
B. not flammable
C. very flammable
D. new flammable
B. not flammable
Freddy was scared. It was his first time balancing on the trapeze. He walked out on the rope and shivered. He was very high up above the crowd.
One of the sentences below can be added to the paragraph above. Which sentence is written correctly?
A. He looked down and wished his rope was most widest.
B. He looked down and wished his rope widest.
C. He looked down and wished his rope was more wide.
D. He looked down and wished his rope was wider.
D. He looked down and wished his rope was wider.
What pronoun should go in the blank?
I want my parents to take _______ to the zoo to see the flamingos.
A. him
B. me
C. we
D. their
B. Me
There are small yellow flowers growing in the field by the school. Please be careful not to trample the flowers as you walk across the field. Watch each step you take so the school can keep these pretty flowers safe.
What does the word trample mean in this paragraph?
C. step on
Which sentence uses the correct verb form to show that the action is happening right now?
C. The squirrel hides behind her tail.
The word television is made from two parts: tele and vision. Vision is the ability to see things with your eyes. When you watch television, you see things on the screen that are somewhere far away.
What is the meaning of the prefix tele-?
A. at a distance
B. bright
C. able to see
D. using electricity
A. at a distance
A needle is _______________ (sharp) than a nail.
sharper
The style and the color of the couch ______ both perfect for what we want.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
B. are
Our dog Twizzler keeps running away. We keep him confined, but he always finds a way out of the backyard. He likes to dig under the fence.
The word confined most likely means the same as
A. shut in
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence below.
I want to _______ to the store.
Janet babysits three kids every Friday night. She found out that her friends Shelley and Latoya make $5 an hour per child. Janet gets paid $5 per child but does not get paid by the hour. Janet now feels as if she is underpaid.
A person who is underpaid is
A. not paid enough money for what is done.
B. tells how much money he or she makes.
C. likes to pay money to other people.
D. is paid money over a short time.
A. not paid enough money for what is done.
Tom is a _________ (good) swimmer than Steve.
Better
The Olympic Games ________ every four years.
A. is hold
B. is held
C. are hold
D. are held
D. are held
Henry's eyes began to tear at the headache building in the back of his skull.
What does the word skull mean in this sentence?
B. head
Which verb correctly completes each sentence?
Noah liked to play catch with his dad in the evenings. Yesterday, the two of them ___________ the baseball back and forth for two hours.
A. throwed
B. threw
C. thrown
D. throw
B. threw
If you do not say anything out loud, then your thoughts are
B. unspoken
The man arrived (earlier/earliest) than the others to get a good seat.
earlier
Each boy and each girl _____ to take temperature in the school.
A. are ask
B. are asked
C. is ask
D. is asked
D. is asked
Joshua loves to read books about heroes going against bad people. The best part of the story is when the good people prevail. Joshua does not like it when the bad people win.
Which word means the same as prevail?
A. win
The twins _______ tomorrow when they go to the beach.
Identify the correct verb form to fill in the blank.
C. will swim
If it rains all day, a person would call it an _______ day.
C. unpleasant
Donald ran (further/furthest) than Sarah.
further