Name: _________________________ Date: _______________ Period: ______________
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT QUIZ #2
Directions:
1) Mark out the prepositional phrases.
2) Determine whether the subject is singular or plural.
3) Write the correct verb form on the line provided.
_____________ 1) The bowl of yellow roses (is, are) beautiful.
_____________2) Several members of the team (plan, plans) to see the movie.
_____________3) Most of the dogs in the fence (sleep, sleeps) all day.
_____________4) Some of the papers (blow, blows) away when the door is opened.
_____________5) The stranded walker (have, has) squeezed into my small car.
_____________6) My grandmother’s cakes with the chocolate icing (is, are) the best.
_____________7) Neither of the dogwood trees (bloom, blooms) until late in the year.
_____________8) Everybody in the play (plans, plan) to attend the party.
_____________9) No one in the loud hospital (hears, hear) the little boy’s cry for help.
____________10) All of the shells in my collection (was, were) displayed.
____________11) Most of our reading (was, were) done on weekends.
____________12) This news (was, were) just what Barbara wanted to hear.
____________13) Either Gordon or Ruben (knows, know) the right answer.
____________14) Since Mom repaired them, both of the radios (work, works).
____________15) My brother and my uncles (play, plays) baseball.
Directions:
1) Most of the following sentences have errors in subject-verb agreement.
2) If a verb does not agree with its subject, write the correct form of the verb on the line provided.
3) If a sentence is correct, write C.
____________16) All of the shells in my collection was displayed.
____________17) She has shown her paintings throughout the world.
____________18) Pablo Picasso fill his paintings with color and energy.
____________19) His paintings is sold for millions of dollars.
____________20) All of the paintings in the museum is hands-off to observers.