Subject and Verb Agreement
A verb should agree in number with its subject.
Singular subjects take singular verbs.
Example: Lemon cake is delicious.
Plural subjects take plural verbs.
Example: The apples are sweet.
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Directions: Underline the verb in the parentheses that agrees with its subject.
1. The family dog ( is, are ) is named Clifford.
2. Clifford ( is, are ) a huge golden retriever.
3. The silly dog ( love, loves ) to chase the water from the sprinkler.
4. As the sprinkler ( sling, slings ) the water, Clifford ( snap, snaps ) at it.
5. The neighbors ( laugh, laughs ) at him.
6. He also ( chase, chases ) butterflies in the yard.
7. I am not sure what he ( think, thinks ) they are.
8. I don’t think he ( has, have ) ever caught one.
9. I wonder what the butterflies ( think, thinks ) about our goofy dog.
10. Although he likes to chase butterflies, he never ( chase, chases ) rabbits.
11. The rabbits will ( sit, sits ) in the yard and ( stare, stares ) at him.
11. You ( know, knows ) the rabbits must ( laugh, laughs ) at him.
12. They ( is, are ) not one bit afraid of him.
13. The rabbits just ( sit, sits ) and ( twitch, twitches ) their noses at him.
14. Not even the squirrels in our yard ( appear, appears ) afraid of him.
15. But when another dog ( walk, walks ) into our yard, he ( go, goes ) crazy.
16. He ( do, does ) not ( want, wants ) another dog in his yard.
17. Cats ( get, gets ) the same treatment.
18. The neighbor’s cat ( stalk, stalks ) him and then ( pounce, pounces) on him.
19. This ( drive, drives ) him nuts and ( make, makes ) him run in circles barking.
20. There ( is, are ) no doubt that we ( has, have ) the world’s funniest dog.
