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Subject-Verb Agreement Review GuideChapter 7Agreement in Number: (pages 158-159)1. A verb must agree with its subject in ____________. ____________ refers to whether a word is ___________ or ___________. ____________ subjects take _____________ verbs. ___________ subjects take ___________ verbs.2. In a verb ___________, it is the ____________ verb that must agree with the subject.Practice and Apply: Rewrite the incorrect sentences so that the verbs agree with their subjects. If a sentence contains no error, write Correct.1. The play’s setting are a farmhouse in the early 1900s.2. John Wright has been murdered in his own bed.3. The local sheriff suspect the victim’s wife, Minnie.4. Her motive remain a mystery, however.5. Two women collects a few belongings to take to Minnie.Words Between Subject and Verb: (pages 160-161)1. The ___________ of a verb is never found in a _____________ phrase or an _____________ phrase.Practice and Apply: Correct the subject-verb agreement errors in the sentences below by writing the correct verb forms. If a sentence contains no error, write Correct.1. One day in 1994, Kevin Mitnick, one of the country’s most wanted computer criminals, makes a critical mistake.2. Mitnick, already under FBI investigation, break into the home computer of Tsutomu Shimormura.3. Files of a highly sensitive nature is compromised by Mitnick4. Shimomura, a computer expert, vow to catch him.5. Agents from the FBI joins Shimomura to track down Mitnick.Indefinite-Pronoun Subjects: (pages 162-163)1. An ____________ pronoun refers to an ______________ person or thing.2. Singular indefinite pronouns take ____________ verbs.3. Plural indefinite pronouns take ___________ verbs.4. Some ____________ pronouns take ______________ verbs when they refer to one person or thing. They take ____________ verbs when they refer to two or more people or things.Practice and Apply: Correct the subject-verb agreement errors in the sentences below by writing the correct verb form. If the sentence contains no error, write Correct.1. Many of Arthur Conan Doyle’s fans enjoy reading about the real-life cases Doyle solved.2. One of these cases involve George Edalji, a young man from a small English village.3. Someone among the villagers are viciously killing animals.4. Nearly all of the animals are killed at night in open fields.5. According to police, most of the evidence point to pound Subjects: (pages 164-165)1. A ___________ subject consist of two or more parts joined by a _____________, such as and, or, or nor.2. A compound subject whose parts are joined by ___________ usually required a ___________plural verb.3. When the parts of a compound subject are joined by ___________ or ___________, the verb should agree with the part ___________ to it.Practice and Apply: Write the verb form that agrees with the subject of each sentence.1. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys (has, have) been around for years.2. Frank and Joe Hardy (appear, appears) in the 1920s.3. Neither the two boys nor Nancy (has, have) aged much.4. Students and even adult fans (continue, continues) to demand more stories.5. The brothers or Nancy always (show, shows) courage and quick thinking.Other Problem Subjects: (pages 166-168)1. Some ___________, such as _____________ nouns, ___________ nouns ending in s, and ___________ can be ___________.2. When a collective noun refers to a ___________ as a ___________, it takes a ___________ verb. When it refers to a group acting as ___________, it takes a ___________ verb.3. Titles or works of ___________, ___________, and ___________ are ____________. Words and phrases that refer to __________, ___________, and ___________ ___ ___________ are usually treated as ___________.Practice and Apply: Write the verb form that agrees with the subject of each sentence.1. The usual crowd (begins, begin) to gather at the Louvre Museum on an August day in 1911.2. The Mona Lisa (is, are) not hanging on the wall.3. The security staff (think, thinks) that the painting is being photographed.4. Sixty minutes (is, are) all that the robbery and escape took.5. The robbery team (consists, consist) of a mastermind, a forger, a carpenter, and two accomplices.Agreement Problems in Sentences: (pages 169-170)1. In some sentences, the placement of the ___________ and ___________ makes it hard to choose the right __________ form.2. A ___________ always agrees with its ___________, never with a ___________ ___________. A predicate nominative is a ___________ or ___________ that follows a linking ___________ and names or explains the ___________.3. A ___________ can follow a verb or come ___________ parts of a verb phrase in ___________ sentences.Practice and Apply: Underline the subject of each sentence. Then circle the form that agrees with the subject.1. (Has, Have) you ever heard stories about dumb criminals?2. In the book Crimes and Misdumbmeanors (appears, appear) several bungling criminals.3. Here (is, are) one example of a badly botched robbery.4. To a large sewing shop (dashes, dash) two police officers.5. Near a basement window (lies, lie) pieces of broken glass.Helpful Hints:Student Help Desk: (pages 176-177) Refer to these pages to review the entire chapter on Subject-Verb Agreement. Review the green packet of completed worksheets. Did you have a difficult time with any of the problems?Need more practice? Continue the “Practice and Apply” sections in your Grammar for Writing book problems 6-10. Attached you will find a copy of the answer key for reference. ................
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