Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement

Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence.

Exercise No. -1

1.  Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator ____ going to have to make a decision.

  Is /  are

2.  ______ my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance?

  Is/  Are

3.  Some of the votes __________ to have been miscounted.

  Seem/  seems

4.  The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _____ more than just a nuisance.

  Are /  is

5.  Everyone selected to serve on this jury _____ to be willing to give up a lot of time.

  Have/  has

6.  Kara Wolters, together with her teammates, _________ a formidable opponent on the basketball court.

  Presents/  present

7.  He seems to forget that there __________ things to be done before he can graduate.

  Are/  is

 8.  There _______ to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood.

  Have/  has

9.  Some of the grain __________ to be contaminated.

  Appear/  appears

10.  Three-quarters of the students __________ against the tuition hike.

  Is/  are

11.  Three-quarters of the student body __________ against the tuition hike.

  Is/  are

12.  A high percentage of the population _________ voting for the new school.

  Is/  are

13.  A high percentage of the people _________ voting for the new school.

  Was/  were

Exercise No. -2

1.  The piano as well as the pipe organ ____________ to be tuned for the big concert.

  HAS/  HAVE

2.  The mayor together with his two brothers ____________ going to be indicted for accepting bribes.

  ARE/  IS

3.  Neither of my two suitcases ____________ adequate for this trip.   IS/  ARE

4.  There ____________ a list of committee members on the head-table.

  ARE/  IS

5.  Everybody in the class ____________ done the homework well in advance.

  HAS/  HAVE

6.  The jury ____________ their seats in the courtroom.

  TAKE/  TAKES

7.  Neither the teacher nor the students ____________ to understand this assignment.

  SEEM/  SEEMS

8.  ____________ either my father or my brothers made a down-payment on the house?

  HAS/  HAVE

9.  Hartford is one of those cities that ____________ working hard to reclaim a riverfront.

  IS/  ARE

10.  Some of the grain ____________ gone bad.

  HAVE/  HAS

11.  John or his brother ____________ going to be responsible for this.

  ARE/  IS

12.  A few of the students ____________ doing so well they can skip the next course.

  ARE/  IS

13.  Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College  Operations ____________ these matters.

  DECIDE/  DECIDES

14.  One of my instructors ____________ written a letter of recommendation for me.

  HAVE/  HAS

15 Dr. Ferndon is one of those professors who ___________ distracted most of the time.

  SEEM/  SEEMS

16  ___________ either Luis or his parents written to Angela?

  HAVE/  HAS

17  Neither Luis nor his parents ___________ the least bit interested in keeping in touch with her.

  IS/  ARE

18   Everybody on this team ___________ really hard to please the new coach.

  TRY/  TRIES

19   Because there ___________ so many students in that class, I can sometimes sleep in the back row.

  ARE/  IS

20  Neither traffic light--neither the one on Asylum Avenue nor the one on Farmington Avenue-- ___________ working

after the storm.

  WAS/  WERE

Key

Exercise !:  1.is,2.is, 3.seem, 4.is 5.has, 6. Present, 7.is, 8. Have, 9.appear, 10. Is, 11.is, 12.is, 13. Was.

Exercise 2: 1. Have,2.are,3.is, 4.is, 5. Has, 6.takes, 7. Seem, 8. Has, 9. Is, 10.have, 11.is, 12.is, 13. Decide, 14. Has, 15.seems, 16. Has, 17. Are, 18. Tries, 19. Are, 20. Was.