Subject Verb Agreement Unit Test A

Part 1: Simple Agreement

Directions: Write the subject. Choose the correct verb. 1 point each.

1. The stores along the highway (has, have) flat roofs.
2. The passage of the bill (is, are) uncertain.
3. Jack’s photograph of the trees (is, are) the best in the display.
4. Some boys from another neighborhood (was, were) shooting baskets.
5. The clothes in that closet (belongs, belong) to me.
6. Any magazine about sports (is, are) popular.
7. the houses on that street (is, are) all Victorian.
8. Two ribs of the umbrella (was, were) broken.
9. Which girls from our class (is, are) here?
10. Four glasses of milk (was, were) spilled.
11. The street lamps along the avenue (looks, look) like tall lanterns.
12. The history of manners (interests, interest) me.

Part 2: Compound subjects

Directions: Write the subject(s). Choose the correct verb. 1 point for the subjects, 1 point for the verbs.

1. Either Marta or Jane (write, writes) our camp newspaper.
2. Neither Roberto nor his sisters (likes, like) parties.
3. Either the team or the coach (is, are) responsible.
4. Neither the Scouts nor the Cubs (was, were) involved.
5. Both the lake and the river (are, is) unpolluted.
6. Clipper ships and whalers (was, were) once numerous.
7. (Are, Is) both Jim and Fran visiting you?
8. (Was, Were) either Jan or Brenda in the audience?
9. Both math and science (is, are) easy for Judy.
10. Neither the car nor the stop sign (was, were) damaged.
11. Either Heidi or Amy (has, have) skates you can borrow.
12. Cheryl and her dog (goes, go) everywhere together.

Part 3: Indefinite Pronouns

Directions: Write the subject (an indefinite pronoun). Choose the correct verb.

1. Many of the contestants (stand, stands) a good chance.
2. Everybody in our club (sell, sells) subscriptions.
3. Nobody in the bleachers (was, were) able to catch it.
4. Nether of the girls (has, have) had the mumps.
5. One of the cones (has, have) a hole in the bottom.
6. Anyone who (enter, enters) has a chance to win.
7. Some of the floats (was, were) imaginatively decorated.
8. Some of the punch (was, were) still left.
9. Most of the windows (was, were) cracked.
10. Most of the iceberg (was, were) hidden.
11. Several of the Nancy Drew books (has, have) been lost.
12. Either of the horses (is, are) gentle enough for you.

Part 4: Other Problems of Agreement.

Directions: Write the subject. Choose the correct verb.

1. Here (is, are) both of your assignments.
2. Where (is, are) everyone going?
3. Why (don’t, doesn’t) he bring his guitar?
4. (Doesn’t, Don’t) she realize how late it is?
5. (Don’t, Doesn’t) they fit?
6. Here (is, are) your roller skates.
7. She (don’t, doesn’t) have any homework.
8. There (weren’t, wasn’t) enough books for the whole class.
9. There (was, were) Joe and Grace on the platform.
10. There (has, have) been several applicants for the position.
11. There (goes, go) Jack and his brother.
12. There (goes, go) Jack with his brother.
13. Here (is, are) your father and mother.
14. Here (is, are) your father with your mother.