Chapter 98. Exercise G1-5

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Exercise G1-5
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 is question, not fables. The sentence is inverted, with the subject following the verb. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be comes. The subject is question, not fables. The sentence is inverted, with the subject following the verb. (Fables can’t be the subject because it appears in a prepositional phrase.) For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject, fable, is third-person singular, so the -s form of the verb is required. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be describes. The subject, fable, 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. The subject, committee, is a collective noun with a singular meaning (because the committee is working as a unit). For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be is (the third-person singular form of be). The subject, committee, is a collective noun with a singular meaning (because the committee is working as a unit). For more help, see section G1.
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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 tries. 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. The compound subject, many committee meetings and much discussion, is plural, so the verb is are. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be are. The compound subject, many committee meetings and much discussion, is plural. When a sentence or clause opens with the expletive There, the subject follows the verb. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

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

Correct. The subject, pipsqueak, is third-person singular, so the -s form of the verb is required. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be suggests. The subject, pipsqueak, is third-person singular, so the -s form of the verb is required. (The plural noun mice cannot be the subject because it appears in a prepositional phrase.) For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The noun statistics is plural when it refers to data (not to a body of knowledge). For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be show. The noun statistics is plural when it refers to data (not to a body of knowledge). For more help, see section G1.
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Question

Correct. The subject, a bell and a string, is plural. The verb should agree with the subject, not with a subject complement such as equipment. For more help, see section G1.
Sorry. The verb should be are. The subject, a bell and a string, is plural. The verb should agree with the subject, not with a subject complement such as equipment. For more help, see section G1.
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Question

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