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Hint: Verbs do not form their plurals by adding an s as nouns do. In order to
determine which verb is singular and which one is plural, think of which
verb you would use with he or she and which verb you would use with they.
Rule 5. As a general rule, use a plural 1. A car and a bike are my means of
verb with two or more subjects when they transportation.
are connected by and.
Rule 9. When either and neither are 1. Neither of them is available to speak
subjects, they take singular verbs. right now.
1. There are four hurdles to jump.
Rule 10. The words here and there are
never subjects because they are not nouns. 2. There is a high hurdle to jump.
In sentences beginning with here or there,
the true subject follows the verb.
1. Ten dollars is a high price to pay.
Rule 11. Use a singular verb with sums of
money or periods of time. 2. Five years is the maximum sentence for
that offense.
Rule 12. If the pronoun who, that, or 1. She is the secretary who write/writes
which appears as the subject in the middle the letters.
of the sentence, you must decide whether The word in front of who is secretary,
to follow it with a singular or plural verb. which is singular. Therefore, use the
In order to decide, look at the noun singular verb writes.
directly in front of the who, that, or which. 2. He is one of the men who does/do the
If it is singular, use a singular verb. If it is work.
plural, use a plural verb. The word in front of who is men, which is
plural. Therefore, use the plural verb do.
Rule 13. Collective nouns such as team 1. The staff is in a meeting.
and staff may be either singular or plural Staff is acting as a unit here.
depending on their use in the sentence. 2. The staff are in disagreement about the
findings. The staff are acting as separate
individuals in this example.
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite
subject.
There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
9. The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch.
15. Mathematics is John's favorite subject, while Civics is Andrea's favorite subject.
19. There were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left!
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, are in this case.
talks 2. looks 3. swim 4. drives 5. run 6. lives 7. cooks 8. walk 9. appears 10. Bounces
1. visit 2. are 3. need 4. are 5. were 6. come 9 6 7. delivers 8. works 9. are 10. were 11.
are 12. was 13. is 14. were 15. are