Subject – Verb Agreement Pre – Test Subject – Verb Agreement

Directions : Choose the correct answer in parentheses. The results of Dr. Noll’s experiment (was, were) published in a scientific journal. The weather in the southern states (gets, get) very hot during the summer. A woman and her child (is, are) waiting to see Dr. Chang. Every man, woman, and child (is, are) protected under the law. Washing the dishes (is, are) the children’s job.

6. A lot of the students (is, are) already here. 7. Some of the furniture in our apartment (is, are) second hand. 8. Some of the desks in the classroom (is, are) broken. 9. One of the countries I would like to visit (is, are) Italy. 10. Each student in the class (has, have) to have a book. 11. None of the students (was, were) late today. 12. The number of students in this room right now (is, are) twenty.

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. 13.A number of students in the class (speaks, speak) English very well. 14. There (is, are) some interesting pictures in today’s paper. 15. There (is, are) an incorrect statement in that newspaper article. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

Error analysis Subject – Verb Agreement Directions : Correct the errors in subject – verb agreement. Some sentences contain no errors. The books in my office is very valuable to me. All of the windows in our house were broken in the earthquake. All of the employees in that company is required to be proficient in a second language. A lot of the people in my class works during the day and attends class in the evening.

5. Listening to very loud music at rock concerts have caused hearing loss in some teenagers. 6. Many of the satellites orbiting the earth is used for communications. 7. The news about the long-range effects of air pollution on the development of children’s lungs is disturbing. 8. Chinese have more than fifty thousand written characters. 9. About two-thirds of the Vietnamese works in agriculture. 10. A number of planes were delayed due to the snowstorm in Denver.