Tuesday, October 12, 2010

subject verb agreement

1) The scissors I got from the supply drawer are too dull.
2) My knee looks better than it did yesterday.
3) Two appetizers or one main course is all that I can eat.
4) Shaking the cans causes them to squirt when they are opened.
5) Our selection of grapes is second to none.
6) At the start of the meeting, Mr. Burns, my boss and mentor, always stands and sings the company song. What a dork.
7) Flags honouring Gay Pride Day were raised over city hall.
8) Our group's presentation requires a computer loaded with PowerPoint.
9) The shirt with the bold horizontal stripes makes you look heavier.
10) Our department doesn't get any bonus pay when we move.
11) Neither the manager nor his staff knows anything about this.
10) The Simpson is the most cynical television show of the last decade.
11) Peanut butter and simulated bacon was a failed product that was briefly marketed during the seventies.
12) Either the undercooked hamburger or the green apples are making me sick.
13) Twenty-five cents a litre is a good price to pay for gasoline.
14) Television news is frequently filled with vacuous nonsense.
15) The Grapes of Wrath is a story of life in the Great Depression.
16) There is no reason for you to be missing so much work.
17) There are many people who have overcome great problems.
18) It was the dogs in the neighbourhood that were getting into the garbage.
19) Economics is almost as fascinating as accounting.
20) Analysing sentences for grammatical purposes is even better than watching paint dry.
21) Fifteen kilometres is a nice distance to ski in an afternoon
22) A number of people were sitting on the grass.
23) Each of the workers was given new safety equipment.
24) Neither the students nor the instructor likes the idea of a three-hour exam.
25) My partner, in addition to his customers, likes the way the new law makes life safer.

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