Show:
Find the Subject
Choose the Verb
What is the rule?
Special Words
Choose the verb-Part2
100
What is the subject: Sue and Joe went to the store.
What is Sue and Joe?
100
to have: The cracked windshield, in addition to the torn upholstery and rusted body, __________ made Ruth's old car difficult to sell. (chomp.chomp.com)
What is has?
100
A singular subject takes a singular verb. A plural subject takes a plural verb.
What is the single governing rule?
100
Words such as each, every, everyone, somebody.
What is indefinite pronouns?
100
to disapprove: Not only the Zorteks from Saturn but also the Martian ambassador __________ of the unfriendly greeting from the United Nations. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is disapproves?
200
Find the subject: There are two cats in the house.
What is cats?
200
to crawl: On the tables in the library __________ the many germs that have escaped in the hot breath of hardworking students. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is crawl?
200
The flock of geese is flying together. The flock of geese are going their separate ways.
What is Rule #9, collective nouns?
200
Words such as some, most, all.
What is variable indefinite pronouns?
200
to annoy: Each of my brothers __________ me with his bad habits, like nose-picking at the dinner table and spitting on the sidewalk. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is annoys?
300
The really important issue of the conference, stripped of all other considerations, is the morality of the nation. (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/subjects.htm)
What is issue?
300
to bother: Neither Fred's ratty clothes nor his sullen attitude __________ Esmeralda, who lets Fred pick up the check every time they dine out. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is bothers?
300
Patterns require that the writer choose a verb to match the number of the subject following the nor or the or.
What is rule #3, neither/nor, either/or?
300
Words such as Measles, AIDS, the New York Times.
What is a plural subject functioning as singular?
300
to keep: Even though Jose has seen the film at least twenty times, Star Wars always __________ him on the edge of his seat. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is keeps?
400
Before assembling the swingset, read these instructions carefully. (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/subjects.htm)
What is you?
400
to hug: That pair of jeans __________ the curves of Hannah's body as nicely as tinfoil on a baked potato. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is hugs?
400
You must use the prepositional phrase to determine the verb.
What is rule #5, fractions and percentages?
400
Words such as both, few, many?
What is plural indefinite pronouns?
400
to disagree: Even after carefully considering the evidence for several days, the jury still __________ about the guilt of the mob kingpin. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is disagree?
500
The giant spider in the kitchen, together with the cockroaches in the bathroom, __________ entertaining at my house a potentially embarrassing experience. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is spider?
500
to require: Statistics __________ so much homework that Michelle's poor fingers have permanent indentations from the calculator pads. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is requires?
500
Nouns that require singular verbs when thought of as a unit.
What is collective nouns?
500
The house sat on the street. "On the street" is...
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
to be: Zipping through the clouds __________ a fleet of UFO's—with the United States Air Force in hot pursuit. (chomp-chomp.com)
What is is?