Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Subject Verb Agreement
ACT Style
A Cornucopia of Other Grammar
Miscellaneous HEALY
100
Jeff and Isabel planned (his and her, their) wedding.
What is their
100
The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
What is leads
100
For instance, while other moms might *plead threaten, or yell* to get chores done, our mom turns everything into a game. A. NO CHANGE B. plead, threaten, or yell C. plead threaten or yell, D. plead, threaten or, yell
What is B
100
Add in apostrophes as needed. Morgans cat is not as cute as Davids dog.
What is Morgan's/ David's
100
The first name of the actress who won best supporting actress for her 16 minutes of screen time in Les Miseables. She also starred in The Princess Diaries. This is also Ms. Healy's middle name.
What is Ann
200
Either my brother or sisters will reveal (his and their, their) plans at the family reunion.
What is their
200
All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
What is are
200
Once we pretended we were visitors *as* a future time. F. NO CHANGE G. near H. by J. from
What is J
200
Add in commas as needed. Because of my low test score I had to find a tutor.
What is Because of my low test score, I had to find a tutor.
200
This 2001 American epic war film with romance and action elements was directed by Michael Bay and starred Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. It is also Ms. Healy's favorite movie!
What is Pearl Harbor
300
Neither the nails nor the hammer was returned to (its, their) proper place.
What is its
300
The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
What is lives
300
When a curious shopper *had rose* an eyebrow, Mom merely smiled. A. NO CHANGE B. had risen C. rose D. raised
What is D
300
I do not have any money in the bank. What is the countable/uncountable noun and is it countable or uncountable?
What is money/uncountable
300
This atmospheric water vapor, frozen into ice crystals that fall in light white flakes, is something that Ms. Healy really hates.
What is snow
400
Each of the suspects had (his, their) own alibi.
What is his
400
Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
What is are
400
Unfortunately, to get to these places, *the old station wagon is piled into by us*. A. NO CHANGE B. the old station wagon must be piled into by us. C. we have to pile into our old station wagon. D. it is necessary that our old station wagon be piled into.
What is C
400
What type of sentence is this and why? I really enjoyed my summer, but it was way too short.
What is a compound sentence/ two independent clauses
400
This 90's boy band of brothers took over the music charts, along with every young girl's heart, back in 1997 with their hit song "Mmmbop". Ms. Healy was one of these young girls.
Hanson
500
If any one of the students has misplaced (his or her, their) lunch ticket, (he or she, they) can ask for a replacement from the Ms. Ima Hungry, the lunch lady.
What is his or her/he or she
500
Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
What is is/is
500
*Tilting our noses in the air, we pretended* we were positively freezing from all the cold air. F. NO CHANGE G. Pretending, we tilted our noses in the air that H. To pretend, we tilted, in the air, our noses so J. We pretended, it being that by tilting our noses in the air
What is F
500
Correct this short paragraph as needed. I was off of work yesterday, I went to lunch with my dad. My dads favorite food are barbecue ribs. Because they is messy I needed extra napkins.
I was off of work yesterday, so I went to lunch with my dad. My dad's favorite food is barbecue ribs. Because they are messy, I needed extra napkins.
500
Back in 2005, Ms. Healy was lucky enough to meet two famous females. One went on to star in Dream Girls with Queen Bey and the other went on to record the songs Before He Cheats, Good Girl, and Something in the Water. These two ladies are...
Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood