2.2 Subject-Verb Agreement

Questions

When you ask questions, a question word (who, what, where, when, why, or how) appears first. The verb and then the subject follow.

Tip

If you have trouble finding the subject and the verb in questions, try answering the question being asked.

Exercise 3

Correct the errors in subject-verb agreement in the following sentences. If there are no errors in subject-verb agreement, write OK. Copy the corrected sentence or the word OK on your own sheet of notebook paper.

  1. My dog and cats chases each other all the time.
  2. The books that are in my library is the best I have ever read.
  3. Everyone are going to the concert except me.
  4. My family are moving to California.
  5. Here is the lake I told you about.
  6. There is the newspapers I was supposed to deliver.
  7. Which room is bigger?
  8. When are the movie going to start?
  9. My sister and brother cleans up after themselves.
  10. Some of the clothes is packed away in the attic.

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