Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
100
Choose the appropriate verb form: Just when I think I can go home, another pile of invoices (appear/appears) on my desk.
What is APPEARS?
100
Insert who, whoever, whom, or whomever appropriately in the blank in each of the following sentences: (blank) did you say was our most likely suspect?
What is WHO?
200
Underline appropriate verb form: Garlic's therapeutic value as well as its flavor (comes/come) from sulfuric compounds.
What is COMES?
200
Insert who, whoever, whom, or whomever appropriately in the blank in each of the following sentences: (blank) received the highest score?
What is WHO?
300
Underline appropriate verb form: The fiber content of cereal (contributes/contribute) to its nutritional value.
What is CONTRIBUTES?
300
Underline the appropriate pronoun: Fixing the dock with Hank and (they/them) reminded me of our summers at the lake.
What is THEM?
400
Revise sentence to establish sentence-verb agreement: Room and board are the most expensive part of my college education.
What is Room and board IS the most expensive part of my college education?
400
Underline the appropriate pronoun: Tomorrow (we/us) recruits will have our first on-the-job test.
What is US?
500
Revise sentence to establish sentence-verb agreement: Sweden was one of the few neutral European countries that was neutral in 1943.
What is Sweden was one of the few neutral European countries that WERE neutral in 1943?
500
Revise to clarify pronoun reference. There may be more than one interpretation of the pronoun. Use both if this is the case: Ms. Dunbar wanted to speak to my mother before she spoke to me.
What is Before she spoke to me, Ms. Dunbar wanted to speak to my mother. AND Before she spoke to me, my mother had to speak to Ms. Dunbar.