WORKSHEET- SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Remember: Singular verb (With S), Plural verb (Without S)

Plural words take plural verb, singular words take singular verb

1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to
watch.
10.The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11.Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12.Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13.Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14.(Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15.Mathematics (is, are) John's favourite subject, while Civics (is, are)
Andrea's favourite subject.
16.Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17.(Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18.Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19.There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one
left!
20.The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21.The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22.The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press
cordially.
23.All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
24.Everyone (has/have) done his or her homework.
25.Each of the students (is/are) responsible for doing his or her work.
26.Either my father or my brothers (is/are) going to sell the car.
27.Neither my sisters nor my mother (is/are) going to sell the house.
28.The samples on the tray in the lab (need/needs) testing.
29.Mary and John usually (plays/play) together.
30.Both of the dogs (has/have) collars.
31.Neither the dogs nor the cat (is/are) very hungry.
32.Either the girls or the boy (walk/walks) in the evening.
33.Either the boy or the girls (walk/walks) in the evening.
34.At the end of the fall (comes/come) the hard tests.
35.The slaughter of animals for their fur (has/have) caused controversy.
36.The student, as well as his teacher, (was/were) going on the field trip.
37.The hard tests (comes/come) at the end of the fall.
38.Both of my roommates (has/have) decided to live in the dorms.
39.A number of students (is/are) absent today.

40.The girls (is/are) dancing merrily.

41.In hot weather milk (is/are). sour fast.
42.The news (is/are) false.
43.The earth (is/are) on its own axis.
44.Gulliver’s Travels (is/are) an interesting novel.
45.Thousand dollars (is/are) a huge amount.
46.The boy (is/are) actually waiting for school to reopen.
47.Neither the principal nor the teachers (is/are). able to give a satisfactory
explanation.
48.Neither the headmaster nor the teacher (is/are) responsible for this.
49.The lights (turn/turns) on immediately
50.Everyone (was/were) asked to get a book, which (cost/costs) 5 dollars.