Writer's Choice Grade 7

Unit 16: Subject-Verb Agreement


1.	The subject and verb of a sentence must agree in ______.
		A)	argument
		B)	number
		C)	compounds
		D)	gender


2.	Check the agreement in an interrogative sentence by making the sentence _____.
		A)	complex
		B)	compound
		C)	imperative
		D)	declarative


3.	The pliers ______ in the toolbox.
		A)	is
		B)	are
		C)	be
		D)	None of the Above


4.	When two or more subjects are joined by and, use a ______ verb.
		A)	neutral
		B)	compound
		C)	plural
		D)	singular


5.	When two or more subjects are joined by either…or, the verb agrees with the subject that is _____.
		A)	farthest from it
		B)	closest to it
		C)	singular
		D)	plural


6.	A/An ______ does not refer to a specific person, place, or thing.
		A)	indefinite pronoun
		B)	relative pronoun
		C)	singular pronoun
		D)	coordinating pronoun


7.	When the subject is a collective noun and it refers to a number of individual units, it is ______.
		A)	indefinite
		B)	plural
		C)	singular
		D)	relative


8.	Both Reginald and Dido ______ in New York City.
		A)	lives
		B)	living
		C)	been living
		D)	None of the above


9.	Everything only ______ bleak right now.
		A)	seem
		B)	seems
		C)	seeming
		D)	None of the above


10.	Wuthering Heights______ a book by Emily Brontë.
		A)	is
		B)	are
		C)	were
		D)	None of the above