Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz (Grade 7)

Subject-Verb Agreement Rules

• Subject-verb agreement requires that the subject and verb in a sentence must match in number (singular/plural).

Flashcard Summaries

• Card 1: The correct form is "Every one of the shirts has a green collar." Singular subject "Every one" requires the singular verb "has."

• Card 2: The correct form is "This singer, along with a few others, plays the harmonica on stage." The subject "singer" is singular, so the verb "plays" must also be singular.

• Card 3: The sentence "Sandals and towels are essential gear for a trip to the beach" is correct because "sandals and towels" makes a plural subject, which requires the plural verb "are."

• Card 4: "The president or the vice president is speaking today" is accurate. The use of "or" indicates a singular subject, leading to the singular verb "is."

• Card 5: "Either Cassie or Marie pays the employees this afternoon" is correct because "either/or" takes a singular subject followed by a singular verb.

• Card 6: "The coat or the hats are in that closet" correctly implies that when the subjects are separated by "or," the closest noun (the coat) dictates the number, necessitating "is" as a singular verb.

• Card 7: "Neither she nor I am getting the lunch special" is correct since "neither/nor" constructions require a singular verb when referring to multiple subjects.

• Card 8: "Each of the dancers twirls brilliantly" conforms to the rule that "each" is considered singular, thus requiring the singular verb "twirls."

• Card 9: "Mustard greens are my favorite vegetable" is the correct form because "greens" is plural, so it uses the plural verb "are."

• Card 10: "Everybody at the party was enjoying the food" correctly uses the singular verb "was" with the indefinite pronoun "everybody."