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Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement


This activity contains 10 questions.

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. The main problem facing most Texas cities _______ how to control killer bees.   is are

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. Either the press secretary or one of his associates _______ to alert the media as soon as the decision has been reached.   is are

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. Neither law nor order _______ relevant to this discussion.   is are

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. _______ everybody reading the same chapters in the book?   is are

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. Sara Myong, along with two of her staff members, _______ become very active in the state association.   has have

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. Which students _______ read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter before?   has have

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. Doctors, writers, and many famous people _______ been diagnosed with dyslexia.   have has

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. For years the store owner, as well as other property owners, _______ the need for better security.   has felt have felt

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. Although it's a tough course, Statistics _______ many students learn the importance of quantitative analysis.   has helped have helped

	Select the verb that agrees with the subject. The end of communism throughout many parts of the globe _______ life as we know it.   has changed have changed

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