Chapter 96. Exercise G1-3

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Exercise G1-3
Subject-verb agreement
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In each pair, click on the sentence that does not have any problem of subject-verb agreement.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

Example

Question

Correct. The verb is agrees with the subject, Measles, which has a plural form but a singular meaning. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb are does not agree with the subject, Measles, which has a plural form but a singular meaning. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The verb are agrees with the compound subject figurine, set, and village. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb must agree with the subject even when the subject follows the verb. Is does not agree with the compound subject figurine, set, and village. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The noun factor, not one, is the antecedent of that, so the verb determine is correct. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The noun factor, not one, is the antecedent of that, so the verb determines is not correct. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. One, not applicants, is the antecedent of who, so the verb has is correct. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. One, not applicants, is the antecedent of who, so the verb have is not correct. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. When the subject is joined with Neither . . . nor, the verb agrees with the part of the subject nearer to the verb. The verb were agrees with the plural companions. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. When the subject is joined with Neither . . . nor, the verb should agree with the part of the subject nearer to the verb. The verb was does not agree with the plural companions. For more help, see section G1.
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