En 101 HW

Name: Katie Hull

Date: 9/23/2021

Subject and Verb Agreement

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

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. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.

5. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.

6. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.

7. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?

8. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.

9. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!

10. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.

11. The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.

12. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.

Place commas where they are needed in the following sentences.

1. The girl with the bright, friendly smile wore a bright, green scarf to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

2. As he read the Chekhov story, he became aware of the Russian's genius.

3. Dauphin Island, located off the coast of Alabama, is a favorite spot for fishing.

4. She was, as a matter of fact, mainly interested in showing off her vocabulary.
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5. We went to Bar Harbor, but did not take the ferry to Nova Scotia.

6. The ginkgo tree, whose leaves turn bright yellow in the fall, came to this country from Asia.

7. The address for the governor's mansion is 391 West Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia.

8. The villagers enjoyed fairs, festivals, and good conversation.

9. Werner von Braun, Willy Ley, and Edward Teller noted authorities in the field of rocket

development have done much to guide the missile program of the United States.

10. Mr. Cready's ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time is, I believe, amazing.

Place semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline if

writing with pen and paper) where they are needed.

1. The men in question; Harold Keene, Jim Peterson, and Gerald Greene; deserve awards.

2. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

3. “There's no room for error,” said the engineer, “so we have to double check every

calculation.”

4. Judge Carswell, later to be nominated for the Supreme Court, had ruled against civil rights.

5. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article

How Not to Go Camping.

6. “Yes,” Jim said, “I'll be home by ten.”

7. There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.

8. Montaigne wrote the following, “A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.”

9. The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.
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10. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied, “All the members of

my family are poor spellers. Why not me?”

Properly punctuate the following paragraph:

On Sunday mornings and Sunday nights, the church was always full. On special Sundays it was

full all day. The Grimes family arrived in a body--always a little late--usually in the middle of

Sunday school, which began at nine o’clock. This lateness was always their mother’s fault, at

least in the eyes of their father. She could not seem to get herself and the children ready on time

ever, and sometimes she actually remained behind, not to appear until the morning service, when

they all arrived together. They separated upon entering the doors, Father and Mother going to sit

in the adult class, which was taught by Sister McCandless, Sarah going to the infant’s class, John

and Roy sitting in the intermediate which was taught by Brother Elisha1

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Baldwin, James. Go Tell It on the Mountain. New York: Modern Library, 1995. Print.