Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz
There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
were
(Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
Are
(Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
Is
All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
are
Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
are
Any of those nail is/are fine.
are
Few of the apartments is/are ever vacant at this time of year.
are
Neither the lion tamer nor the clowns is/are signing any autographs tonight.
are
Phobos and Deimos is/are the two moons of Mars.
are
The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
are
Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
are
Several of the field hockey players also belong/belongs to the track team.
belong
Your hands and feet contain/contains nearly half the bones in your body.
contain
Trumpets or a flute create/creates excitement in music.
creates
The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
debates
Each of the Girl Scouts does/do a community service project.
does
Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
doesn't
Doesn't/Don't he have the directions?
doesn't
George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
don't
My mother and my sister doesn't/don't watch TV except for the evening news.
don't
The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
greets
Someone at the stables groom/grooms the horses every morning.
grooms
All of the guests has/had gone to the concert in the park.
had
Some of the forest has/had patches of poison ivy.
has
Both of my pencils has/have an eraser
have
Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
is
Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
is
Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
is
Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
is
Either string beans or broccili is/are my favorite vegetable.
is
Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
is
Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
is
Most of the newspaper is/are wet.
is
One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
is
Rain or sleet is/are predicted for tomorrow.
is
Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
knows
The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
leads
The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
lives
The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
takes
The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
want
Everybody at the fourth of July parade was/were carrying an American flag.
was
Gold coins and silver bars was/were found in the sunken pirate ship.
were
The books and the magazine was/were placed on the table.
were
