Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs Be, Have, and Do

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

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 18.

example

The weather in New England (is, are) very unpredictable.

a. is

b. are

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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: In 1997, the region (was, were) the victim of an amazing April Fool’s joke—an enormous blizzard.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: According to the TV news, it (was, were) the biggest snowstorm to hit Massachusetts since 1978 and the third biggest ever.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: This blizzard (has, have) to be the worst that I can remember.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: I (doesn’t, don’t) know exactly how much snow fell, but in my neighborhood I think we got about 2 feet.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: Today, schools (is, are) closed everywhere because of the snow on the roads.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: I (has, have) no idea when our street will be plowed.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: All my neighbors (is, are) outside shoveling or playing in the snow.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: My family (has, have) a lot of shoveling to do.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: Some people (has, have) no electricity or phone service because falling trees knocked down power lines.
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    Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems with the Verbs {em}Be{/em}, {em}Have{/em}, and {em}Do{/em} - For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb that agrees with the subject.: I (am, is) pretty sure school will be canceled tomorrow, too.