Exercise: Subject Verb Agreement

Exercise on Subject-Verb agreement:

1. Nondurable goods –––– for immediate use and are often less expensive than durable goods.

A. is intended

B. are intended

C. intent

D. intends

There –––– photographs and graphs in this book that meet the needs of instructions in introductory courses.

A. is many

B. are many

C. many

D. many more

3. Flower experts –––– three main classes of cultivated roses.

A. recognition

B. they recognize

C. recognize

D. recognizes

4. Each of the displayed antique garments –––– of praise and admiration.

A. worthy

B. worth

C. are worthy

D. is worthy

5. Almost all vegetarian diets contain fewer calories than diets that –––– meat.

A. it includes

B. they include

C. include

D. including

6. When the winter palace caught on fire, all of its library ––––

A. were destroyed

B. destroyed

C. was destroyed

D. it destroyed

7. Syndicated news –––– than news from independent agents.

A. are cheaper and faster

B. is cheaper and faster

C. are cheap and fast

D. is cheap and fast

8. None of the departments in the university –––– advance the students, reading skills.

A. it set out to

B. setting out

C. set out to

D. they set out to

9. Cold pressing –––– less oil from a plant than do other processes.

A. removes

B. removing

C. it removes

D. they remove

10. While reporters listen to a communication, –––– the points the speaker is making.

A. evaluate

B. the evaluation

C. he evaluates

D. they evaluate

Answer Keys: 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. c 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. d