Subject-Verb Agreement Rules
Indefinite Pronouns
Subject
Verbs
Punctuation
100
Compound subjects are connected by these three words.
What are and, nor, or?
100
The word others is this form.
What is plural?
100
This pronoun can be either singular or plural.
What is you?
100
This is the singular form of the verb dance.
What is dances?
100
This punctuation mark is stronger than a comma and can be used in lists.
What is a semicolon?
200
If one subject is plural and one subject is singular, then the verb takes the form of this.
What is the closest subject?
200
The word every is this form.
What is singular?
200
This is the singular form of sheep.
What is sheep?
200
This is the singular form of the verb have.
What is has?
200
Commas and periods go inside these punctuation marks.
What are quotation marks?
300
This conjunction usually always implies that the compound subjects are plural.
What is and?
300
What form of the verb to be would complete this sentence? The children ______ very talkative.
What is are?
300
This is the plural form of the work fish.
What are fish?
300
This is the plural form of the verb to be.
What is are?
300
This punctuation mark is used to show the relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.
What is comma?
400
Subjects ending in -s that are not considered plural are called this.
What is plural form, singular meaning?
400
This is the definition of an indefinite pronoun?
Answers may vary.
400
This is the plural form of the word person.
What are people?
400
This is the verb in the following sentence. The children were scared of the monster.
What is were?
400
These are the two instances that an apostrophe is used.
What is a contraction or possession?
500
These verbs usually have a -s at the end of the word.
What are singular verbs?
500
These are the three types of indefinite pronouns.
What are singular, plural, and exceptions?
500
This is the plural form of the word syllabus?
What are syllabi?
500
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the verb to miss. The children and the dad __________ the mother.
What is misses?
500
This punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses and the second clause provides additional meaning to the first.
What is a colon?