Chapter 99. Exercise G1-6

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Exercise G1-6

Subject-verb agreement

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Click on the correct verb from the choices in the parentheses.

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. Subjects joined with and, such as history and life, are plural, so the verb is have. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. Subjects joined with and, such as history and life, are plural, so the verb should be have. For more help, see section G1.

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Question

Correct. The subject, Each, is third-person singular, so the verb is was. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. The subject, Each, is third-person singular, so the verb should be was. (Actors cannot be the subject because it is part of a prepositional phrase.) For more help, see section G1.

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Question

Correct. The subject of the clause, traces, is plural, so the verb is were. When a clause opens with the expletive there, the subject follows the verb. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. The subject of the clause, traces, is plural, so the verb should be were. When a clause opens with the expletive there, the subject follows the verb. For more help, see section G1.

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Correct. The subject, concentrations, is plural, so the verb is cause. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. The subject, concentrations, is plural, so the verb should be cause. For more help, see section G1.

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Question

Correct. The collective noun jury is treated as singular unless the meaning is clearly plural. In this case, the jury is working as a unit, so the verb is was. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. The collective noun jury is treated as singular unless the meaning is clearly plural. In this case, the jury is working as a unit, so the verb should be was. 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 the singular noun county. 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 county. Because county is singular, the verb should be has. For more help, see section G1.

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Correct. When the relative pronoun which is used as a subject, the verb agrees with the word the pronoun refers to, in this case the plural noun eggs. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. When the relative pronoun which is used as a subject, the verb should agree with the word the pronoun refers to, in this case eggs. Because eggs is plural, the verb should be come. For more help, see section G1.

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Question

Correct. The subject of the clause, neither, is singular, so the verb is has. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. The subject of the clause, neither, is singular, so the verb should be has. For more help, see section G1.

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Question

Correct. Company names, such as Toys Aplenty, are singular even when they contain plural words, so the verb is appreciates. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. Company names, such as Toys Aplenty, are singular even when they contain plural words, so the verb should be appreciates. For more help, see section G1.

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Correct. The subject, motif, is third-person singular, so the verb is is. For more help, see section G1.

Sorry. The subject, motif, is third-person singular, so the verb should be is. The verb should agree with its subject, not with a subject complement such as guns and butter. For more help, see section G1.

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