Subject-Verb Agreement & Parallel Structure

Unit 10 Grammar Forms & Functions 3

Correct -- Use plural verbs with plural subjects.

Correct -- Use the base verb + “-s” with “he,” “she,” & “it.”

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Correct -- Use the base form of verb with “I” &

“you.”Try again.

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Click on the correct sentence.

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Correct – “Mathematics” is an adjective.

“Teachers” is the plural subject, so you need a

plural verb.

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Correct – Some nouns end in “-s” BUT are singular and need singular verbs.

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Correct – If two or more subjects are connected

with the word “and,” then it is a plural subject.

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Correct – Two or more gerund subjects become a

plural subject.

Correct – Use singular verbs with gerund subjects (verb +

ing used as a subject)Try again.

Correct – “Mathematics” is an adjective.

“Teachers” is the plural subject, so you need a

plural verb.

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Both are correct. “All” uses a plural verb.

Both are correct. “Everyone” uses a

singular verb.

Try again.All of the teachers prepares for class.

Correct – Use a plural verb with “all,” “almost all,” “most” or

“some”All of the teachers prepare

for class.

Correct – Use a singular verb with indefinite pronouns like “everyone,” “anything,” and

“everything.”

Everyone wants something from us.Try again.Everyone want something

from us.

Correct – Use singular verbs with “each,” “every,” or “any”

(“has” is singular, “have” is plural)

Each of the subjects in a sentence has to agree with its

verb.Try again.

Each of the subjects in a sentence have to agree

with its verb.



Everyone prepares for class.

All of the teachers want something from us.

Both are correct. Verb agrees with subject

closest to it when subjects combined by “or.”

Both are correct. Verb agrees with subject closest to it when

subjects combined by “or.”

Correct – Two plural subjects joined by “or” need a plural

verb.Try again.

Correct – Two singular subjects combined with “or”

need a singular verb (different rule for “either…

or.”

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Correct – “there” or “here” can be singular or plural depending upon the noun that follows it.

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Correct – Phrases with “along with,” “together with,”

“accompanied by,” “as well as,” and “in addition to” do

not affect the verb.

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Correct – Prepositional phrases do not affect the verb “of his investments.”

The subject is “value.”Try again.



Correct – Use a singular verb with “the number of.”

Correct – Use a plural verb with “a number of.” Try again.

Correct – Use a singular verb with expressions of time, money,

distance, weight and measurement even if they look

plural.

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Correct – Use a singular verb with “one of the.”

Try again.Correct – With “some of,” “a lot of,” and “three-quarters of” the

verb agrees with the noun/pronoun after “of.”

Correct – With “some of,” “a lot of,” and “three-quarters of” the

verb agrees with the noun/pronoun after “of.”

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Correct – Use a singular verb with “none of the.”

At least in formal grammar.

Incorrect for written grammar. Will hear it with informal spoken grammar.

Try again. Correct – Use a singular verb with “each of the.”

Correct – Use a singular verb with “every one of the.”

Correct – Use a singular verb with “one of the.” Try again.

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Try again. “Arrives” is a simple present verb; “left” is a simple past verb. Therefore, the verbs

are not parallel.

Correct – “Arrives” is a simple present verb; “leaves” is a simple

present verb. Therefore, the verbs are parallel.

Try again. “Grammar” is a noun; “organize” is a verb. Therefore,

the nouns are not parallel.

Correct – “Grammar” is a noun; “organization” is a

noun. Therefore, the nouns are parallel.

Correct – “Interesting” is a gerund adjective; “helpful” is an adjective. Therefore, the

adjectives are parallel.

Try again. “Interesting” is an adjective (gerund); “helping” is a verb because “helpful” is the adjective of “help.” Therefore, the adjectives are not parallel.



Incorrect – “Slow” is an adjective; “quickly” is an adverb. Therefore, the

adverbs are NOT parallel.

Correct. “Slowly” is an adverb; “quickly” is an adverb. Therefore,

the adverbs are parallel.

Correct. “To swim” is an infinitive; “to fish” is an infinitive. Therefore, the

infinitive objects are parallel.

Try again – “To swim” is an infinitive; “to fishing” is

incorrect grammar (“to” + gerund). Therefore, the

infinitive objects are NOT parallel.

Correct – “Dancing” is a gerund subject; “biking” is a

gerund subject. Therefore, the subjects are parallel.

Try again. “Dancing” is a gerund subject; “bikes” is a noun subject. Therefore, the

subjects are NOT parallel.



Try again. Correct – Do not use a comma in front of because.

Both are correct. Separate a series with commas, but you do not have to put the comma before “and” in the

series.

Both are correct. Separate a series with commas, but you do not have to put the comma before “and” in the

series.

Try again.Correct – When there are only two items, you do not use a

comma.

Click on the correct sentence. ----------finished April 13, 2010


Bonus comma question -- Not a parallel structure question

Correct. Need a comma in front of the coordinate conjunction.

Correct. “For” in this sentence is a preposition and does not connect two

independent clauses.Incorrect.

Incorrect. Need a comma in front of a coordinate conjunction.



Correct. Use the subject closest to the verb to determine singular

or plural.Incorrect.

Correct. Need the verbs to be parallel in tense.

Try again.Correct – When two subjects are connected with “both…and…,”

then the verb is plural.

Incorrect.



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