Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sister (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

5 Tenses We Frequently Use

1. Simple Present Tenses

    The function is to declare habitual action, routines and general fact.

    Formula : (+) ; S + V1 (S/ES)

                     (-)  ; S + DO/DOES + NOT + V1

                     (?)  ; DO/DOES + S + V1 ?
   Example : (+)  ; They open the door

                     (-)  ; They don't open the door

                     (?) ; Do they open the door ?

2. Past Tense

    The function is to declare about anything that happens in the past.

    Formula : (+) ; S + V2

                     (-)  ; S + DID + NOT + V1

                     (?)  ; DID + S + V1 ?
    Example : (+) ; I tried my best

                     (-) ; I didn't try my best

                     (?) ; Did I try my best ?

3. Present or Past Continuous Tense

    The fucntion of Present is to declare something that happens now or ongoing happens.

    The function of Past is to declare something that happens yesterday.

    Formula : (+) ; S + BE + VING

                     (-) ; S + BE + NOT + VING

                     (-) ; BE + S + VING ?

    Note : If Present you use "Am, Are and Is", and if you use Past " Was and Were" for replace "BE".

4. Future Tense

    The function is to express incidence things before it happen.

    Formula : (+) ; S + WILL + V1

                     (-) ; S + WILL + NOT + V1

                     (?) ; WILL + S + V1 ?
5. Present Perfect Tense

    The function is to declare some incidence that already occured.

    Formula : (+) ; S + HAVE/HAS + V3

                     (-) ; S + HAVE/HAS + NOT + V3

                     (?) ; HAVE/HAS + S + V3 ?

Now there's a task for us and for the readers :)

1. She (drink) coffe. (S.past) => SheDRANK coffe.

2. They (start) the course. (Pr. Perfect) => They HAVE started the course.

3. Anna and Linda (open) the account. (Past Cont) =>  Anna and Linda Are Opening the account.

4. The bank (close) at 5 p.m. (S.present) => The bank CLOSES at 5p.m.

5. The dog (run) through the park. (S.past) => The dog RAN  throught the park.

Stuff that I often take