subject verb agreement

Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence. Don't use the HINT buttons unless you really need them.

1.  Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator ____ going to have to make a decision. is are You're right! When subjects are connected by or, the subject closer to the verb (which is, in this case, singular) determines the number of the verb.

2.  ______ my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance?
Is
Are

You're right! Again, the subject closer to the verb (my boss) determines the number of the verb.

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3.  Some of the votes __________ to have been miscounted.
seem
seems

You're right! Some is the subject in this sentence; it is plural because the word votes makes it a countable indefinite pronoun.

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4.  The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _____ more than just a nuisance.
are
is

You're right! The subject is tornadoes. You were not confused by the words and phrases that came between the subject and its verb.

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5.  Everyone selected to serve on this jury _____ to be willing to give up a lot of time.
have
has

You're right! Everyone! seems to be a plural word, but it is always singular.

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6.  Kara Wolters, together with her teammates, _________ a formidable opponent on the basketball court. presents present You're right! The subject is not compounded by phrases such as along with, together with, and as well as.

7.  He seems to forget that there __________ things to be done before he can graduate.
are
is

You're right! The subject (things, in this case) comes after the verb in constructions that begin with here or there.

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8.  There _______ to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood. have has You're right! The subject is people, which is plural, and that determines the verb (not the word there).

9.  Some of the grain __________ to be contaminated.
appear
appears

You're right! Some is the subject of this sentence and, since it is not really countable (you can't count the grain), it is singular.

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10.  Three-quarters of the students __________ against the tuition hike.
is
are

You're right! Three quarters of the students represents a countable number.

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11.  Three-quarters of the student body __________ against the tuition hike.
is
are

You're right! Three quarters of the student body represents a lump sum, a singular entity.

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12.  A high percentage of the population _________ voting for the new school.
is
are

You're right! "Percentage" is a mathematical proportion, expressing here a singular lump sum.

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13.  A high percentage of the people _________ voting for the new school.
was
were

You're right! "Percentage" is a mathematical proportion, but here it reflects a countable, therefore plural, quantity.

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Results: 13 Correct -- 0 Wrong -- 0 Skipped
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ANGELA AND DIABOLA

Based on the novel that i have studied,Angela And Diabola written by Lynne Reid Banks.I think the main characters who are Angela And Diabola was related to me because they are twins.Also like me and my twins.Both of us are female.but my twin already has die since we small.
 Other than that,i was naughty girl when i was small .This is because i like to abuse my cat such as,i kicked it and wear it necklace.For instance, 1-year-old Diabola strangles a cat and tosses it out the window,so,the character obiviously like me where i was kid but not right now.
  Besides that,the most best part is when Diabola start ti grows up  then,worse is yet to come,Diabola's destructive evil breaks up their family and destroys their home  and that's all before she starts school, where she begins to discover that she has some unusual and frightening  talents.this also like me,because when i grows up i would like to discovery all new thing that i did not done before such as i was come back lately
and thats make my family always worried about me.

Case 39

In my opinion not satisfied for me.this is because the end was not expected like what i am thinking.
the ending just the car sink in water then procedure make viewers assume that the girl died.
i also would like to know what happen to Emily after the incident happen,is it she will continue her works or never investigate next case 40.But this movie succed people to believe Lilith was not innocent in this case.
Other than that,i would like to know how about her parents life without her.The end of this novel i hope that Lilith died in horrify and not only sink in water.Overall for this movie,i not satisfied with it.