Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun

For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 18.

example

Anyone who speaks another language (understands, understand) how difficult it can be to learn a new one.

a. Anyone/understands

b. Anyone/understand

c. language/understands

d. language/understand

  1. Question

    Everyone in my college writing class (speaks, speak) English better than I do.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Everyone in my college writing class (speaks, speak) English better than I do.

  2. Question

    A few of the students (is, are) native speakers of English, but everybody else is learning English as a second language.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: A few of the students (is, are) native speakers of English, but everybody else is learning English as a second language.

  3. Question

    Many of the students (is, are) from Spanish-speaking places, particularly the Dominican Republic.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Many of the students (is, are) from Spanish-speaking places, particularly the Dominican Republic.

  4. Question

    Several of the best students in the class (is, are) from Haiti, where they grew up speaking a dialect of French called Creole.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Several of the best students in the class (is, are) from Haiti, where they grew up speaking a dialect of French called Creole.

  5. Question

    One of my closest friends in the class (comes, come) from Korea and moved here just six months ago.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: One of my closest friends in the class (comes, come) from Korea and moved here just six months ago.

  6. Question

    Both of us (lives, live) with our parents, and we commute to school on the same bus.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Both of us (lives, live) with our parents, and we commute to school on the same bus.

  7. Question

    No one who is in my class (speaks, speak) English the way you hear it spoken on television and in the movies.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: No one who is in my class (speaks, speak) English the way you hear it spoken on television and in the movies.

  8. Question

    Each of us (studies, study) hard, but I think that I work the hardest.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Each of us (studies, study) hard, but I think that I work the hardest.

  9. Question

    Unfortunately, none of my hard work (seems, seem) to have paid off yet.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Unfortunately, none of my hard work (seems, seem) to have paid off yet.

  10. Question

    Neither of my parents (speaks, speak) much English, so maybe that’s why I’m having such a hard time.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun - For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.: Neither of my parents (speaks, speak) much English, so maybe that’s why I’m having such a hard time.