Subject Verb Agreement Exercise 4 Answers

1 Name Date Subject-ver Contract Exercise 4 Instructions: Select the correct presense verb for the following sentences. Check your answers with the interactive version of the exercise. 1. Every slice of pale tomato, wilted cucumber and brown salad leaf ______ an extra 25 cents at Bernie`s Burger Emporium. A. Cost B. Cost C. Cost D. had cost 2.

Not only the Smiths, but also Tonya ___ agreed to taste one of the world-famous chocolate and broccoli muffins. A.B. had C. D. was 3 years old. The Smiths, with Tonya, ______ to avoid digestive upset after eating those weird muffins. A. hopes B.

Hope C. hoped D. had hoped for 24. On the sidewalk ______ many small lizards sunbathe on the warm concrete. A. is B. are C. what D. were 5. Although Antonio has many friends who love their Chevrolet and Buicks, he always believed that General Motors _____ lemons. 15.

Mathematics (is, are) John`s favorite subject, while civics (is, are) Andreas` favorite subject. Select the correct form of the verb that corresponds to the subject. 4. A.B. showed C. D. was 15. Each of these women _____ she had read the care manual before washing the delicate and expensive dresses. A.

wishes B. Wish C. D. 5 16. Here _____ the mail and logs I picked up for you while you were on vacation. A. is B.C.C. was D.

his 17th M. Lowry, our English teacher, thinks that students studying economics or physics _ _____ their imagination. A. Ruins B. Ruins C. A D. Ruined 18. _____ Doesn`t anyone other than Marge and Beatrice have the verbal sub-object agreement exercises that Ms.

Koopman has assigned for today? A. a B. do C. did D. is 19 years old. Here _____ Tonya and Robert, the two students who got 100% agreement on the subject. A. is written B. Stand C. is D. 2 A. Made B.

make C. made D. had made 6. Although the jury believed that the accused did not give Elvis the Loch Ness Monster, much of the evidence points to their guilt. A. wants B. wants C. D. wants 13 years. Neither the students nor their teacher are satisfied with the long cafeteria line for octopus pot-au-feu.

A. is B. are C. was D. 14. None of Freud`s parents had much intelligence in choosing spouses. Freud`s father has married five times, and Mom has just introduced him to her stepfather number three. 10.

The players, as well as the captain, (want, want) win. 16. Eight dollars (is, are) today the price of a movie.. . . 8. Man with all the birds (live, live) on my way….