Download Format Review Quiz 2 Agreement 2014

Format Review: Grammar Quiz—Subject/Verb and Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Part I: Making Verbs Agree with their Subjects
 Read each sentence below.
 Write the subject and the complete verb (including helping verbs).
 Write whether the subject and the verb AGREE or DISAGREE.
Sample: Those tests were the hardest ones so far this year.
Answer: tests, were AGREE
1. During the holidays, the school choir perform at the local nursing home. (school,
perform, DISAGREE)
2. Tree trunks grow wider every year. (trunks, grow, AGREE)
3. The Weimaraner, a silver-grey hunting dog, is also known as “the Forester’s dog”.
(Weimaraner, is, AGREE)
Part II: Phrases Between the Subject and the Verb
1. Stiletto-like mouthparts of the female mosquito (pierces/pierce) the victim’s skin.
2. Borers, such as the carpenter ant, (causes/cause) great damage to wooden
structures.
3. The lifespan of most insects (is/are) about a year.
Part III: Compound Subjects
Choose the correct verb that agrees with the subject in each sentence.
1. Either crackers or a roll (comes/come) with the soup.
2. Neither diet colas nor distilled water (contains/contain) the sugar that other
drinks do.
3. Vitamin pills and fortified cereal (supplies/supply) much of a day’s nutritional needs.
Part IV: Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects
 Identify the correct verb that agrees with the indefinite pronoun subjects.
1. All of the dolls in period costumes (belongs/belong) on the second shelf.
2. Each of the ducks (is/are) being tagged to trace its migration pattern.
3. None of the water in the neighboring towns (was/were) drinkable.
Part V: Special Sentence Problems
 Identify the correct verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentences.
1. Three pounds of lunchmeat (is/are) more than enough for the picnic.
2. The flock of geese (is/are) flying in formation.
3. The staff (has/have) not yet returned their questionnaires.
Part VI: Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
 Identify the correct pronoun that agrees with its antecedent.
1. Mr. Gray, a school counselor, posts (his/their) office hours on (his/their) door.
2. All employees feel it is (his or her/their) responsibility to keep the school running
efficiently.
3. Neither Megan nor her sisters remembered (her/their) lunch(es).
Part VII: Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents
 Identify the correct pronoun that agrees with its antecedent.
1. Most would not want to spend (his or her/their) time on Macquarie Island near
Antarctica.
2. However, everyone on Australia’s sub-Antarctic base, including researchers and
wildlife rangers, seems to enjoy (his or her/their) work there—at least for a while.
3. Eventually, though, each claims that (he or she/they) will “go feral”, or become stir
crazy.