SAT Grammar Practice Test: Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz

The number of new bands from my hometown of Austin ___ astonishing when you consider that the city used to be much smaller than it is today.

• is astonishing

• [NO CHANGE]

• were astonishing

• astonish

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Both the egg and the eggplant, which have little in common with one another, ___ very versatile when it comes to preparing a home-cooked meal for your family.

• they are very

• [NO CHANGE]

• are very

• was very

Sitting on the couch and watching TV ___ the best ways that Eric knew how to pass the time; unfortunately, he couldn't pass 11th grade.

• Sitting on the couch and watching TV were

• NO CHANGE

• Sitting on the couch, watching TV, were

• To sit on the couch and watching TV were

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Arching their backs and hissing ___ a behavior common to many felines when they feel that their safety is threatened.

• hissing are behaviors

• hissing, behaviors

• hissing are a behavior

• [NO CHANGE]

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

According to my friend, a coin collector, a number of people ___ seeking Liberty Head nickels minted in 1883.

• a number of people is seeking Liberty Head nickels

• [NO CHANGE]

• Liberty Head nickels are being sought by a number of people, they were

• Liberty Head nickels are sought by a number of people

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

There ___ more than two decades left until the next major earthquake is expected to shake California.

• It has

• There are

• There have been

• [NO CHANGE]

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Two writers in the USA, with unbelievable audacity, ___ claiming to write a thousand books a year by working as a team and barely sleeping.

• has been claiming

• [NO CHANGE]

• was claiming

• is claiming

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Since news of the bankruptcy came suddenly, the entire company ___ clearing out their desks immediately.

• the entire company is clearing out their desk

• [NO CHANGE]

• everyone in the company are clearing out their desks

• everyone in the company is clearing out his or her desk

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A

The school of fish, hiding among the jagged coral, ___ easily seen by the hammerhead shark, despite the gloomy camouflage of the surroundings.

• was easily seen

• are easily seen

• seen

• [NO CHANGE]

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Philip Ferdinand's debt, which grew rapidly as he spent frivolously on extravagant luxuries, ___ what ruined him in the end.

• ruining him in the end.

• and ruined him in the end.

• was what ruined him in the end.

• [NO CHANGE]

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D