Grammar Test

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

1. When there is one subject and more than one verb, the verbs throughout the sentence must agree with the subject.

• True

• False

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

2. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by "or" or "nor," use a plural verb.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False ( plural --> singular )

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

3. When a phrase comes between the subject and the verb, remember that the verb still agrees with the subject, not the verb in the phrase following the subject of the sentence.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False (verb --> noun or pronoun)

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

4. Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number.

• True

• False

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

5. The words and phrases "each", "each one", "either", "neither", "everyone", "everybody", "anyone", "anybody", "nobody", "somebody", "someone", and "no one" are singular and require a singular verb.

• True

• False

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

6. Noncount nouns take a plural verb.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False (plural --> singular)

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

7. Some countable nouns such as earnings, goods, odds, surroundings, proceeds, and contents, only have a plural form and take a plural verb.

• True

• False

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

8. n sentences beginning with "there is" or "there are," the subject follows the verb. Since "there" is not the subject, the verb agrees with what follows the verb.

• True

• False

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

9. Collective nouns are words that imply more than one person and are considered plural and take a plural verb. Some examples are "group," "team," "committee," "family," and "class."

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False (plural --> singular)

Instructions: Identify whether the statement is TRUE of FALSE.

10. If the subject is plural, the verb must also be plural.

• True

• False