

Sat Subject Verb Agreement
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English
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11th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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Subject Verb Agreement SAT

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Multiple Choice
The jury must decide the defendant's fate.
What is the subject?
jury
decide
defendant
fate
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Multiple Choice
If you build it, he will come.
What are the two verbs?
you; he
build; come
If you; he will
This isn't a two verb sentence, silly
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Multiple Choice
My name is Inigo Montoya.
What is the verb?
My
name
is
Inigo Montoya
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Multiple Choice
The dude abides.
What is the subject?
The
dude
abides.
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Multiple Choice
Neither the mechanic nor his workers ________ able to
was
were
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Multiple Choice
We tried to tell the teacher that either Bob or his three friends taking the same class (was, were) responsible for the broken desk.
was
were
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Multiple Choice
Nothing in the report indicates that either the ladies from the office or the men from the health club (is, are) in line for a promotion.
is
are
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Multiple Choice
Every time the teacher enters that classroom, either Bob or one of the other students (erase, erases) the board.
erase
erases
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The trick is, get rid of all the prepositions and their phrases- none of them include the subject. On the next slides, see if you can determine the subject WITHOUT being tricked by prepositional phrases.
For example= Behind the tree on the side of the bank is the wagon.
Here, the subject is WAGON- it is in an odd place, but everything up until IS is a prepositional phrase.
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Multiple Choice
The girl with the purple flower on her skirt was at the park in Dallas in the middle of the day
Girl
was
park
flower
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Multiple Choice
Along the side of the road lay a robin, all crusted with dirt and debris
What is the subject?
road
robin
dirt
debris
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Now, try making the subject and verb agree in spite of those crazy prepositions
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Multiple Choice
One typewriter for two or three students (seems, seem) adequate.
seems
seem
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Multiple Choice
The author of the stories in these books (is, are) Jackie Lander.
is
are
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Multiple Choice
This collection of poems (look, looks) interesting
looks
look
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Multiple Choice
We were amazed to discover that one of the horses (was, were) limping severely
was
were
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Multiple Choice
Not one of the characters in those plays (seem, seems) good enough for the part.
seem
seems
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Multiple Choice
Each of the signals on those two streets (is, are) broken.
is
are
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Multiple Choice
Not one of the bills (was, were) counterfeit.
was
were
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