Subject–Verb Agreement Quiz, Part 7: Can You Get 7/7?

1. I hope her mumps ____ contagious.

Mumps ends in -s but is the name of a disease treated as singular.

2. Statistics ____ one of the most challenging subjects in the course.

Statistics is singular when it refers to the academic subject.

3. The statistics ____ surprising because they show that more people are choosing to work from home than ever before.

Statistics is plural when it means numerical facts or figures.

4. The politics of the Psychology Department ____ sometimes complicated and difficult to understand.

Politics takes a plural verb when it refers to political relationships, activities, or disagreements.

5. Here ____ your swimming trunks.

Swimming trunks is a plural-only noun, so it takes are.

6. A new reality TV series ____ scheduled to debut tonight.

Series has the same form in the singular and plural. A series is singular, so it takes is.

7. Three new series ____ scheduled to debut in October.

Three series is plural, so it takes are.

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Subject–Verb Agreement Quiz, Part 6: Can You Get 10/10?

 

1. Not one ____ willing to accept responsibility for the mistake.

Not one means not a single person, so it takes a singular verb.

2. All but one of the players ____ ready to leave when the announcement was made.

All refers to a plural group, while one is the only exception. The overall subject is plural.

3. All but one of the chefs ____ trained in French cuisine.

Chefs is plural, so the verb is plural.

4. The real draw here ____ the typical Brazilian dishes.

The subject is the real draw, which is singular.

5. Her favorite part of the circus ____ the clowns.

The subject is favorite part, which is singular.

6. Four million dollars ____ spent on the construction project.

An amount of money is treated as one total amount, so a singular verb is used.

7. Five days ____ too long to wait for a decision.

The five-day period is viewed as one period of time, so was is used.

8. Five days ____ passed since I last thought about her.

Here, the focus is on five individual days passing, so the plural verb have is used.

9. The Beatles ____ still considered one of the most influential rock and pop groups of all time.

The Beatles refers to several people, so it takes the plural verb are.

10. The Olympics ____ finally coming to an end.

The Olympics is normally treated as plural because it refers to a series of sporting events.

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Subject–Verb Agreement Quiz, Part 5: Can You Get 10/10?

 

1. More than sixty percent of our workforce ____ of the proposed changes.

Workforce is a singular collective noun here, so approves is used.

2. Seventy percent ____ finished, so we only have a little more work to do.

Here, seventy percent refers to one amount or portion, so a singular verb is used.

3. A lot of the donated canned goods ____ been sent to local shelters.

Canned goods is plural, so have is used.

4. Each of the 29 promotions ____ announced on the company's website.

Each is singular, so it takes was.

5. Everyone but the girls ____ received an invitation to the event.

Everyone is grammatically singular. The phrase but the girls does not change the subject.

6. Everything except the potato chips ____ prepared without artificial ingredients.

Everything is singular. The phrase except the potato chips does not control the verb.

7. Neither of the victims' names ____ mentioned during the press conference.

Neither is singular in formal standard English, so was is used.

8. All of the produce ____ inspected before it reaches the supermarket.

Produce is an uncountable noun, so it takes a singular verb.

9. Most, but not all of the students, ____ the story.

Most takes a plural verb when it refers to plural students.

10. None of the players ____ available for the final match.

None of + plural noun commonly takes a plural verb when referring to people individually.

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