Subject-Verb Agreement - Exercise 2
Instructions
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In the following sentences, decide which verb agrees with the subject. Then click on the
correct answer.
If you accidentally click on the wrong button, simply click on the button you meant to
select.
Now proceed to the next sentence and continue in the same manner until you have finished
all 10 sentences.
Click on "Show my Score" to determine your percentage score. All correct answers will be lit
in green.
Questions
1. Your chances of winning the lottery in New York State ____ less than being struck by
lightening.
a.) is
b.) are
2. People who do win the lottery, although they may have the good intention to invest,
occasionally ____ up becoming impoverished because they give all their money away to
charity.
a.) end
b.) ends
3. When students, no matter how much energy they have,____ up all night, they are not
alert in the morning.
a.) stay
b.) stays
4. I used to fly to Buffalo every summer and every winter, but now I ____ here
permanently.
a.) live
b.) lives
5. After class, Teresa ___ to her car and drives to work.
a.) run
b.) runs
6. Once in a while, Patty ___ shopping in an Indian food store and cooks tadoori.
a.) go
b.) goes
7. Why don't we ___ the park on the weekend and bring some friends with us?
a.) visit
b.) visits
8. If it ___ today, Ed will not need to water the lawn.
a.) rain
b.) rains
9. A lot of people _____ John to be too quiet.
a.) consider
b.) considers
10. There ___ too much crime in this world.
a.) are
b.) is