Chapter 97. Exercise G1-4

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Exercise G1-4
Subject-verb agreement
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Click on the correct verb from the choices in the parentheses.

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Example

Question

Correct. The subject, everyone, is third-person singular, so the -s form of the verb is required. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be knows. The subject, everyone, is third-person singular, so the -s form of the verb is required. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. When the relative pronoun that is used as the subject of a clause, the verb agrees with the word the pronoun refers to, in this case the plural noun stories. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be convey. When the relative pronoun that is used as the subject of a clause, the verb agrees with the word the pronoun refers to, in this case the plural noun stories. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject of the clause, characters, is plural, so the verb is are. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be are. The subject of the clause, characters, is plural. The verb agrees with the subject, not with a subject complement such as signal. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject of the clause, fables, is plural, so the verb is have. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be have. The subject of the clause, fables, is plural. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject of the sentence, characters, is plural, so the verb is are. (Because the sentence begins with the expletive There, the subject follows the verb.) For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be are. The subject of the sentence, characters, is plural. (Because the sentence begins with the expletive There, the subject follows the verb.) For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject, crowd, is a collective noun with a singular meaning (because the crowd is functioning as a unit). For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be has. The subject, crowd, is a collective noun with a singular meaning (because the crowd is functioning as a unit). For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject of the sentence, matter, is singular. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The subject of the sentence, matter, is singular, so the verb should be is. Fables cannot be the subject because it appears in a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. When two subjects are joined with neither . . . nor, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to the verb, in this case failings. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. When two subjects are joined with neither . . . nor, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to the verb, in this case failings. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The compound subject, Adults and children, is plural. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. Compound subjects joined with and, such as Adults and children, are plural. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. When used as subjects, titles of works (such as “The Fox and the Grapes”) are singular, even if they contain plural words. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. When used as subjects, titles of works (such as “The Fox and the Grapes”) are singular, even if they contain plural words. For more help, see section G1.
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