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Sat Subject Verb Agreement

Sat Subject Verb Agreement

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English

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joseph Anderson

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9 Slides • 17 Questions

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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?

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jury

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decide

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defendant

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fate

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Multiple Choice

If you build it, he will come.

What are the two verbs?

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you; he

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build; come

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If you; he will

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This isn't a two verb sentence, silly

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Multiple Choice

My name is Inigo Montoya.


What is the verb?

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My

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name

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is

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Inigo Montoya

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Multiple Choice

The dude abides.


What is the subject?

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The

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dude

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abides.

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Multiple Choice

Neither the mechanic nor his workers ________ able to

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was

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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.

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was

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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.

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is

2

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.

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erase

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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

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Girl

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was

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park

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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?

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road

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robin

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dirt

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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.

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seems

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seem

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Multiple Choice

The author of the stories in these books (is, are) Jackie Lander.

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is

2

are

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Multiple Choice

This collection of poems (look, looks) interesting

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looks

2

look

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Multiple Choice

We were amazed to discover that one of the horses (was, were) limping severely

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was

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were

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Multiple Choice

Not one of the characters in those plays (seem, seems) good enough for the part.

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seem

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seems

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Multiple Choice

Each of the signals on those two streets (is, are) broken.

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is

2

are

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Multiple Choice

Not one of the bills (was, were) counterfeit.

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was

2

were

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