Correcting Various Subject-Verb Agreement Problems

For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

For help with this exercise, see chapter 24 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. Some twenty-somethings in Washington, D.C., (wake, wakes) before dawn to read the news.
    1. wake
    2. wakes
  1. Question 1.111

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  2. Question 1.112

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  3. Question 1.113

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  4. Question 1.114

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  5. Question 1.115

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  6. Question 1.116

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  7. Question 1.117

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  8. Question 1.118

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  9. Question 1.119

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  10. Question 1.120

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