Subject Verb Agreement

Contoh Soal Subject Verb Agreement

I.                  Multiple Choice

1.      My Brother will .... to Losari beach tomorrow.

a.       Going

b.      Went

c.       Go *

2.      Most people ....... to playing games.

a.       Like *

b.      Likes

c.       Liked

3.      The ........ that I got from my teacher was very interesting.

a.       Were

b.      Went

c.       Was *

4.      She ...... cooking.

a.       Are

b.      Is *

c.       Have

5.      Five ...... is to much to pay that bag.

a.       Dollar

b.      Dollars *

c.       Dollarss

6.      We ...... eat noodle soup.

a.       Were *

b.      Was

c.       Went

7.      Eight hours of sleep ...... enough.

a.       Have

b.      Is *

c.       Are

8.      I ....... submit the homework.

a.       Did

b.      Do *

c.       Doing

9.      I ....... in Makassar.

a.       Live *

b.      Lives

c.       Lived

10.  My teacher ....... checked the homework.

a.       Has *

b.      Have

c.       Had

II.                Analysis Error

1.      My brother and sister is arriving tomorow.

a.       And

b.      Is *

c.       Arriving

            Answer : two or more subjects connected by “and” use a plural verb.

2.      One of my sister like to cooking.

a.       Of

b.      Likes *

c.       Cooking

Answer : subject in plural verb, then used the singular verb.

3.      My friend have a long history.

a.       Family

b.      Has *

c.       History

Answer : collective nouns are words that imply more than one person but that are considered singular and take a singular verb.

4.      Each book and magazine are listed in the database.

a.       And

b.      Is *

c.       Listed

Answer : “each” is always in the singular noun, although a noun are connected there are two or more subjects.

5.       There is many questions.

a.       There

b.      Are *

c.       Questions

Answer : the subject comes after the verb, but still used to define single or plural.

6.      The brother walks to campus.

a.       The

b.      Walks *

c.       Campus

Answer :  subject in singular verb, then used the plural verb.

7.      These trousers is made in china.

a.       These

b.      Are *

c.       In

Answer : noun “trousers” should be followed by a plural verb.

8.      My family lived in Bandung.

a.       My

b.      Live *

c.       In

Answer : subject in plural verb, then used the singular verb.

9.      Gani is talking to kid who by my noodle.

a.       Talking

b.      Kids *

c.       Buy

Answer :  the verb after “who” is plural, then use a plural verb.

10.  Whether to buy or rent a house are an important financial question.

a.       Buy

b.      Is *

c.       Important

Answer : two or more subjects connected by “or” use a singular verb.

11.  Either my mother or I will going to the market.

a.       Am *

b.      Will

c.       To

Answer : when “I” was one of the subjects are connected by either/or, as well as the “I” placed on the second, then follow the subject with the verb am.

12.  All part of the salad have been eaten by my children.

a.       Of

b.      Has *

c.       Eaten

Answer : the object of the prosisi is plural, then use a plural verb.

13.  Either Gani or Dicky have been ready to go.

a.       Or

b.      Has *

c.       Go

Answer : two singular subjects connected by either/or requires a singular verb.

14.  A number of kids comes to my shop and buy cake.

a.       Kids

b.      Come *

c.       Buy

Answer : the phrase the number means the number, followed by a singular verb. While a number, followed by a plural verb.

15.  Either of us are to speak english.

a.       Of

b.      is *

c.       speak

Answer : either the subject of the sentence, then use the singular verb.