Transcript Subject Verb Agreement

Review
Subject and verbs must AGREE with one
another in _________________.
Therefore,
if a subject is ______________
then the verb must be ______________.
The narwhal never (fail, fails) to intrigue
people.
Some scientists (think, thinks) that the tusk is
simply a secondary male characteristic.
The narwhal (is, are) hunted by Eskimos.
John’s father, with three other people from
the neighborhood, (commute, commutes) to
the city each day.
Houses on the hillside (look, looks) very
unstable.
Imperfectly formed diamonds, together with
those that contain a flaw, (is, are) set in
drills used for building car engines.
Compound subjects joined by and are always
______________.
Many swimmers and surfers (have, has) been
rescued from rough waters.
Worms and moles (live, lives) underground.
Neither the doctor nor the nurses (has, have)
seen a similar case.
Either Mary or the twins (take, takes) the car to
school each day.
Each, every, someone, no one, nothing
Each of the team members (get, gets) a chance
to take batting practice.
Someone in those classes (know, knows) about
the schedule change
Both, few, many, several
Unlike the planets, few of the planetary
satellites (has, have) an atmosphere.
Several of these dogs (make, makes) good
guide dogs.
All, most, none, plenty, some
All of the pictures (is, are) over a thousand
years old.
Some of the lawn (has, have) been over
watered.