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Posttest - Subject-Verb Agreement
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1
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)My clothes are too tight, but my shoes feel fine.
B)My clothes are too tight, but my shoes feels fine.
C)My clothes is too tight, but my shoes feel fine.
2
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Several cars was behind the chain-link fence; the fence were about six feet high.
B)Several cars was behind the chain-link fence; the fence was about six feet high.
C)Several cars were behind the chain-link fence; the fence was about six feet high.
3
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)The book say that a few movers and shakers lead everybody else.
B)The book says that a few movers and shakers lead everybody else.
C)The book says that a few movers and shakers leads everybody else.
4
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Gene Kelly sings and dances in the rain.
B)Gene Kelly sing and dances in the rain.
C)Gene Kelly sings and dance in the rain.
5
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Fiona and Myrtle have the key that Juan leave in the house.
B)Fiona and Myrtle have the key that Juan leaves in the house.
C)Fiona and Myrtle has the key that Juan leaves in the house.
6
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)The river flows southeast into the gulf, which then empties into the Pacific Ocean.
B)The river flow southeast into the gulf, which then empties into the Pacific Ocean.
C)The river flows southeast into the gulf, which then empty into the Pacific Ocean.
7
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Computer training requires much dedication, but it usually pay off.
B)Computer training requires much dedication, but it usually pays off.
C)Computer training require much dedication, but it usually pays off.
8
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Meteorologists depend a great deal on scientific knowledge; they also relies on a little bit of luck.
B)Meteorologists depends a great deal on scientific knowledge; they also rely on a little bit of luck.
C)Meteorologists depend a great deal on scientific knowledge; they also rely on a little bit of luck.
9
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Charlie Parker's bebop jazz style still have wide appeal, but many of Parker's contemporaries has been forgotten.
B)Charlie Parker's bebop jazz style still has wide appeal, but many of Parker's contemporaries have been forgotten.
C)Charlie Parker's bebop jazz style still has wide appeal, but many of Parker's contemporaries has been forgotten.
10
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Tennessee Williams's many plays depict Southern life, but they also reveal the loneliness of humanity.
B)Tennessee Williams's many plays depicts Southern life, but they also reveals the loneliness of humanity.
C)Tennessee Williams's many plays depicts Southern life, but they also reveal the loneliness of humanity.
11
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)We all know the geyser Old Faithful, but Beehive Geyser and Giant Geyser erupts to greater heights.
B)We all knows the geyser Old Faithful, but Beehive Geyser and Giant Geyser erupts to greater heights.
C)We all know the geyser Old Faithful, but Beehive Geyser and Giant Geyser erupt to greater heights.
12
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)My daughter mow the lawn and my sons trim the hedges every Saturday.
B)My daughter mows the lawn and my sons trim the hedges every Saturday.
C)My daughter mows the lawn and my sons trims the hedges every Saturday.
13
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)The gallery displays two oil portraits that belong to the Venetian school of painting; the subjects of the paintings remain unknown.
B)The gallery displays two oil portraits that belong to the Venetian school of painting; the subjects of the paintings remains unknown.
C)The gallery display two oil portraits that belong to the Venetian school of painting; the subjects of the paintings remains unknown.
14
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, but Hades kidnap the young maiden for his bride and takes her to the underworld.
B)In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, but Hades kidnaps the young maiden for his bride and takes her to the underworld.
C)In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, but Hades kidnap the young maiden for his bride and take her to the underworld.
15
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Eating fatty foods are his favourite sport, but it interferes with his diet.
B)Eating fatty foods is his favourite sport, but it interfere with his diet.
C)Eating fatty foods is his favourite sport, but it interferes with his diet.
16
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Robert De Niro and an international cast stars in 1900. This film depicts life in northern Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century.
B)Robert De Niro and an international cast star in 1900. This film depicts life in northern Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century.
C)Robert De Niro and an international cast star in 1900. This film depict life in northern Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century.
17
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)My favourite breakfast, ham and eggs, was prepared over an open fire.
B)My favourite breakfast, ham and eggs, were prepared over an open fire.
18
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)Bob's closest adviser and best friend are his wife.
B)Bob's closest adviser and best friend is his wife.
19
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)As to the stolen silverware, most has been recovered, but some remain in the hands of the thieves.
B)As to the stolen silverware, most have been recovered, but some remains in the hands of the thieves.
C)As to the stolen silverware, most has been recovered, but some remains in the hands of the thieves.
20
Choose the item with correct subject-verb agreement.
A)As to the stolen paintings, most has been recovered, but some remain in the hands of the thieves.
B)As to the stolen paintings, most have been recovered, but some remains in the hands of the thieves.
C)As to the stolen paintings, most have been recovered, but some remain in the hands of the thieves.





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