Subject Verb Agreement - 2
Exercises for Practice
1. The flute as well as the pipe organ ____________ to be tuned for the big concert.i. HAS
ii. HAVE
2. The speaker together with his two wives____________ going to be invited for the party.
i. ARE
ii. IS
3. Neither of my two bags____________ adequate for this trip.
i. ARE
ii. IS
4. There ____________ a list of committee members on the head-table.
i. ARE
ii. IS
5. Everybody in the class ____________ done the homework well in advance.
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
6. The jury ____________ their seats in the courtroom.
i. TAKE
ii. TAKES
7. Neither the teacher nor the students ____________ to understand this assignment.
i. SEEM
ii. SEEMS
8. ____________ either my father or my brothers made a down-payment on the house?
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
9. Hartford is one of those cities that ____________ working hard to reclaim a riverfront.
i. ARE
ii. IS
10. Some of the grain ____________ gone bad.
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
11. John or his brother ____________ going to be responsible for this.
i. ARE
ii. IS
12. A few of the students ____________ doing so well they can skip the next course.
i. ARE
ii. IS
13. Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College Operations
____________ these matters.
i. DECIDE
ii. DECIDES
14. One of my instructors ____________ written a letter of recommendation for me.
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
15. Dr. Ferndon is one of those professors who ___________ distracted most of the time.
i. SEEM
ii. SEEMS
16. ___________ either Luis or his parents written to Angela?
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
17. Neither Luis nor his parents ___________ the least bit interested in keeping in touch with
her.
i. ARE
ii. IS
18. Everybody on this team ___________ really hard to please the new coach.
i. TRY
ii. TRIES
19. Because there ___________ so many students in that class, I can sometimes sleep in the
back row.
i. ARE
ii. IS
20. Neither traffic light--neither the one on Asylum Avenue nor the one on Farmington Avenue--
___________ working after the storm.
i. WAS
ii. WERE
21. Mr. Bradley, along with his two sisters, ___________ lived in this town for thirty years.
i. HAS ii. HAVE
22. There ___________ no reasons for this horrible development that I can see.
i. ARE
ii. IS
23. Some of the water ___________ already gone bad.
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
24. One of these students ___________ obviously cheated on the exam.
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
25. Either the UConn Women's Team or the UConn Men's Team ___________ going to be
national champion this year.
i. ARE
ii. IS
26. Carlos and his brother Raoul ___________ traveling across the country next summer.
i. ARE
ii. IS
27. Several of the students ___________ decided to withdraw from the course.
i. HAS
ii. HAVE
Answers:
1. I 2. ii 3. ii 4. ii 5. i 6. i 7. ii 8. ii 9. ii 10. ii 11. ii 12. i 13. i 14. i 15. i 16. i 17. i 18. ii 19. i 20. i 21. i 22. i 23. i
24. i 25. ii 26. i 27. ii
