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Basics
Making Subject and Verb Agree
Using the Right Verb With a Compound Sentence.
100
What type of verb goes with a singular subject?
Singular!
100
The glass in the mirror _____ badly scratched. Is the answer is or are? Bonus: What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
The answer is IS! Bonus: In the mirror.
100
____ Jane or Judy have an extra notebook? Do or Does
Answer: Does!!!
200
What type of verb goes with the subject you?
Plural!
200
Several people ____ coughing. The answer is either was or were.
The answer is were.
200
Several boys and an old man _____ waiting for the bus. Was or Were?
Answer: Were
300
What are some irregular singular verbs? EX: is
Was, has, does, and doesn't
300
Some of the hospitals____ visiting hours for children. Answer: Have or has.
The answer is have!
300
Alligators and crocodiles ____ alike. Looks or look
Answer: look
400
Where may a prepositional phrase appear in a sentence?
In between the subject and the verb!
400
Special moments from a vacation _____ a great deal. Answer: Mean or means. BONUS!: Prepositional phrase!
Answer: Means Prepositional phrase: from a vacation
400
Neither guns nor a single sword _____ the musketeers. Answer: stop or stops
Answer: Stops
500
If there are two subjects in the sentence, one plural, and one singular, is the verb singular or plural?
It depends! The verb agrees with the subject closest to it!
500
The remarks by the president_____ misquoted. HINT: Past
Answer: Were
500
Kerosene or other solvents ____ this pollution. Answer: Causes or Cause
Answer: Cause