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Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

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1. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Both the Dominican Republic and Haiti occupies the island of Hispaniola.

B. One large lemon or two small ones are all we need.

C. Where are the Philippines?

D. Anyone in the eighth grade should know their zip code.

1. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Both the Dominican Republic and Haiti occupies the island of Hispaniola.

B. One large lemon or two small ones are all we need.

C. Where are the Philippines?

D. Anyone in the eighth grade should know their zip code.

2. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. No, the basketball team does not buy their uniforms.

B. Nicole or Jane usually brings her camera.

C. Everybody in the class had their own way of interpreting the poem.

D. Does Kyle and they make their hand puppets out of papier-mâché?

2. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. No, the basketball team does not buy their uniforms.

B. Nicole or Jane usually brings her camera.

C. Everybody in the class had their own way of interpreting the poem.

D. Does Kyle and they make their hand puppets out of papier-mâché?

3. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Your future is all your tomorrows.

B. Mike’s rabbits and guinea pig is living quite happily together.

C. Several of these words has African origins.

D. One of the dolphins were swimming beside our boat.

3. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Your future is all your tomorrows.

B. Mike’s rabbits and guinea pig is living quite happily together.

C. Several of these words has African origins.

D. One of the dolphins were swimming beside our boat.

4. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Each of the chefs have a special way of making enchiladas.

B. Some of the rocks in the basket actually was topaz crystals.

C. Neither Lyle’s brothers nor Lyle were able to decode the message.The referee, to our surprise, calls a strike.

D. The referee, to our surprise, calls a strike.

4. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Each of the chefs have a special way of making enchiladas.

B. Some of the rocks in the basket actually was topaz crystals.

C. Neither Lyle’s brothers nor Lyle were able to decode the message.

D. The referee, to our surprise, calls a strike.

5. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Somebody on the team still needs his or her permission slip signed.

B. You should take civics this semester because they will not be offered again for a year.

C. After the field trip to the post office, the students appreciated his or her postal carrier a bit more.

D. Somebody in the class are bringing in some examples of African sculpture.

5. Select the sentence below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.

A. Somebody on the team still needs his or her permission slip signed.

B. You should take civics this semester because they will not be offered again for a year.

C. After the field trip to the post office, the students appreciated his or her postal carrier a bit more.

D. Somebody in the class are bringing in some examples of African sculpture.

6. Circle the verb below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement.

(Don’t, Doesn’t) any of the politician’s views appeal to you?

6. Circle the verb below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement.

(Don’t, Doesn’t) any of the politician’s views appeal to you?

7. Circle the verb below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement.

Carlos or Jane usually (know, knows) the answers to most of the questions on the radio’s music quiz show.

7. Circle the verb below which is correct in terms of Subject-Verb Agreement.

Carlos or Jane usually (know, knows) the answers to most of the questions on the radio’s music quiz show.

8. Select the correct pronoun for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and the correct subject below for the following sentence.

Many of the stories in the book are so funny that I laughed out loud at (it, them).

A. it, stories

B. them, stories

C. it, many

D. them, many

8. Select the correct pronoun for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and the correct subject below for the following sentence.

Many of the stories in the book are so funny that I laughed out loud at (it, them).

A. it, stories

B. them, stories

C. it, many

D. them, many

9. Select the correct pronoun for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and the correct subject below for the following sentence.

Mrs. Myers and Alicia agreed that the Swahill proverb is (her, their) favorite, too.

A. her; Mrs. Myers, Alicia

B. their; Mrs. Myers, Alicia

C. her, proverb

D. their, proverb

9. Select the correct pronoun for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and the correct subject below for the following sentence.

Mrs. Myers and Alicia agreed that the Swahill proverb is (her, their) favorite, too.

A. her; Mrs. Myers, Alicia

B. their; Mrs. Myers, Alicia

C. her, proverb

D. their, proverb

10. Select the correct pronoun for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and the correct subject below for the following sentence.

Our class enjoyed (its, their) introduction to writings of different cultures.

A. its, class

B. their, class

C. its, our

D. their, our

10. Select the correct pronoun for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and the correct subject below for the following sentence.

Our class enjoyed (its, their) introduction to writings of different cultures.

A. its, class

B. their, class

C. its, our

D. their, our

11. List the four plural indefinite pronouns.

11. List the four plural indefinite pronouns.

1. both

2. many

3. few

4. several

12. List the six single and/or plural indefinite pronouns.

12. List the six single and/or plural indefinite pronouns.

1. all

2. more

3. none

4. any

5. most

6. some

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