Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase

In each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb in the parentheses. Remember, the subject of a sentence is never in a prepositional phrase.

  1. Most parents with hearing loss (has / have) children who can hear.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 1
  2. Many of these children (learns / learn) sign language as a first language.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 2
  3. Communication with words (comes / come) later.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 3
  4. Few people in the hearing world (understands / understand) the lives of deaf people completely.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 4
  5. Many deaf people in this country (feels / feel) closer to deaf people from other parts of the world than to hearing Americans.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 5
  6. The hearing children of deaf parents (comes / come) closer to understanding deaf culture than most hearing people.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 6
  7. A hearing child in a deaf household (resembles / resemble) a child of immigrant parents in many ways.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 7
  8. Adapting to two different cultures (makes / make) fitting in difficult for some young people.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 8
  9. Sometimes, ties to the hearing world and the deaf world (pulls / pull) in opposite directions.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 9
  10. Bridges between cultures (am / is / are) more easily built by people who understand both sides.

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    Making Subjects and Verbs Agree When They Are Separated by a Prepositional Phrase - Question 10
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