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GED Language Arts (ELA) Subject-verb agreement rules
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GED Language Arts (ELA) Subject-verb agreement rules
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1. The room with the flowers is beautiful.

2. The group of students is walking to the class.

3. The audit committee meets two times a year.

4. Units of measurement usually require __________ verbs.

5. When a COLLECTIVE noun is talking about a group as a whole, use ______________ verbs.

6. When 'every' precedes a subject, the subject is _________.

7. What kind of verb (singular or plural) goes with these words: mumps, measles, and news?

8. An ____ is a renaming of the noun right in front of it (may be inside commas) and is NEVER the subject.

9. The old store at the corner of the street that sold delicious muffins and the old building at the end of the university are going to be renovated next year.

10. When a collective noun is referred to by 'its,' use a ____________verb.

11. The simple subject is never in a prepositional _________.

12. What is the subject of a sentence?

13. When is a singular collective noun paired with a SINGULAR verb?

14. Explain the rule in the following sentences.
Ndifelani sits on the couch.

15. When the phrase 'many a' precedes a subject, the subject is ________________.

16. What kind of verb (singular or plural) goes with these words: scissors, eyeglasses, and pants?

17. Compound subjects that are joined by 'and' are almost always...?

18. What is a collective noun?

19. When compound subjects are joined by 'or' or 'nor,' the verb agrees with _____________.

20. The class are tuning their instruments.

21. How does one figure out if a compound subjects that's joined by 'or/nor' is singular or plural?

22. Something makes this noice.

23. The names of countries and cities require _____________verbs.

24. When is a singular collective noun paired with a PLURAL verb?

25. A title of a creative work always acts as a ___________subject.