Q1. Underline the subject (or compound subject) and then identify the verb that
agrees with it.
1. Everyone in the telecom focus group (has/have) experienced problems with
cell phones
1. Your friendship over the years and your support (has/have) meant a great
deal to us.
2. Hamilton Family Center, a shelter for teenage runaways in San Francisco,
(offers/offer) a wide variety of services.
3. The main source of income for Trinidad (is/are) oil and pitch.
4. The chances of your being promoted (is/are) excellent.
5. There (was/were) a Pokémon card stuck to the refrigerator.
6. Neither the professor nor his assistants (was/were) able to solve the mystery of
the eerie glow in the laboratory.
7. Many hours at the driving range (has/have) led us to design golf balls with
GPS locators in them.
8. Discovered in the soil of our city garden (was/were) a button dating from the
Civil War dating from the turn of the century.
9. Every year, during the midsummer festival, the smoke of village bonfires
(fills/fill) the sky.
10. The story performers (was/were) surrounded by children and adults eager to
see magical tales.
Subject also of each sentence
Answers
1. Everyone in the telecom focus group has experienced problems with cell phones
1). Your friendship over the years and your support has meant a great
deal to us.
2). Hamilton Family Center, a shelter for teenage runaways in San Francisco, offers a wide variety of services.
3). The main source of income for Trinidad is oil and pitch.
4). The chances of your being promoted are excellent.
5). There was a Pokémon card stuck to the refrigerator.
6). Neither the professor nor his assistants were able to solve the mystery of the eerie glow in the laboratory.
6). Many hours at the driving range have led us to design golf balls with GPS locators in them.
7). Discovered in the soil of our city garden was a button dating from the Civil War dating from the turn of the century.
8). Every year, during the midsummer festival, the smoke of village bonfires
fills the sky.
9). The story performers were surrounded by children and adults eager to see magical tales.
Explanation:
- The subjects or the compound subjects in each line have been underlined above as they are being dealt with in these sentences.
- While the adequate verbs have been filled in as per the rules of the subject-verb agreement.
- The singular verb would follow a singular noun while a plural noun would carry a plural verb to convey grammatically and lexically coherent sentences.
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Explanation: These are verbs only just
1. has
2. offers
3. is
4. are
5. was
6. were
8.was
7.have