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Worksheet 1
Using Singular and Plural Forms
8. uncle—comes
9. grandparents—were
10. Morning glories—close
Exercise A
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adenoids
galaxy
mountain lions
Exercise B
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bottles
sheep
goats
apple
teams
Worksheet 2
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
Worksheet 3
Using Subjects and Verbs with
Prepositional Phrases
Exercise A
1. descriptions (in the poem) (about Paul Revere)
make
2. lines (in the poem) are
3. tramp (of feet) is
4. hoofbeats (of Paul Revere’s horse) shatter
5. scenes (on each village street) live
6. poems (by Longfellow) have
7. One (of my favorite poems) is
8. antics (of the old man) make
9. Some (of the father’s answers) (to his son) are
10. reason (for doing headstands) tickles
Exercise B
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is
puts
moves
was
was
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describe
takes
is
completes
seems
Exercise A
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Ensuring Agreement with
Indefinite Pronouns
sisters—enjoy
friends—have
members—are
You—turn
mail carrier—delivers
breeze—seems
people—do
robin—eats
We—were
They—call
Exercise A
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needs
likes
prefer
cost
want
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work—consists
it—doesn’t
No one—wants
tomatoes—have
garden—doesn’t
you—weren’t
newspapers—don’t
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has
turn
becomes
has
were
(The first item in a pair is
correct. The second is incorrect.)
1. have—has
6. fear—fears
2. are—is
7. C
3. knows—know
8. Do—Does
4. are—is
9. fill—fills
5. wants—want
10. have—has
Exercise B
Exercise B
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Worksheet 5
Worksheet 7
Ensuring Agreement with Subjects
Joined by And, Or, or Nor
Ensuring Agreement in Questions
and in Sentences That Begin with
There and Here
Exercise A
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La Tonya, Maria—play
Plot, character—are
Mosses, lichens—grow
president, owner—is
Apples, oranges, bananas—make
Country and western—has
Little Women, Little Men—were
Macaroni and cheese—is
Macaroni, cheese—are
pork—was
Exercise B
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Li, Pang—reads
members, chairperson—was
jewelry, baskets—are
Jupiter, Zeus—Is
teacher, students—read
Tina, Fernando—likes
Channel 7, Channel 18—shows
Ms. Galinsky, Mr. Deneuve—has
Easter Island,Aleutian Islands—are
skiing, skiing—appeals
Worksheet 6
Ensuring Agreement with Collective
Nouns and with Don’t and Doesn’t
Exercise A
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have
talks
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cheers
has
check
are
is
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doesn’t
Doesn’t
don’t
don’t
doesn’t
Exercise B
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doesn’t
don’t
Doesn’t
doesn’t
don’t
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twirlers—come
students—are
members—Do
Miss Bannerman—does
references—are
Ms. Chang—Does
ice-skating—is
varieties—are
Amy—Has
receiver—was
everyone—Does
list—is
mistakes—are
truck—is
Drama Club—Isn’t
Stephen—is
family—is
Emily Jones—Does
potholes—are
names—Have
attendance—Doesn’t
Andres—Hasn’t
one—is
boys—Were
several—are
Worksheet 8
Ensuring Agreement with Singular
Words That Have Plural Forms
Exercise
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comes
is
is
describes
meets
is
is
causes
is
is
is
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feels
is
is
helps
offers
is
equals
includes
is
seems
is
contains
was
makes
Worksheet 9
Ensuring Agreement Between
Pronoun and Antecedent
Exercise
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Dawna—she
Ramone, Ignacio—their
dog—his or its
Edgar Allan Poe—his
Everyone—his or her
book—its
Irwin Shapiro—him
dad—he
Many—they
No one—his or her
You—your
Paula—her
Janet—she
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve—her
Any—your
I—my
rabbit—its
hikers—their
writer—her
Each—his
Shel Silverstein—his
Several—their
Each—his or her
ostrich—its
dogs, cat—their
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Worksheet 10
Avoiding Problems in Agreement of
Pronoun and Antecedent
Exercise
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All—their
Andrea, Estrella—her
Most—their
Everybody—his or her
Anyone—his or her
Several—their
Nobody—his or her
Each—her
Someone—his
Everyone—his or her
Most—their
few—their
somebody—his or her
either—him
Many—their
any—their
No one—his or her
anybody—his or her
Some—their
None—its
Both—their
Most—its
One—her
None—their
Neither—its
Worksheet 11
Ensuring Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement with And, Or, and Nor
Exercise A
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his
their
their
her
their
her
their
his
their
her
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its
they
its
he
they
his
their
his
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she
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Either Jennifer will be bringing her catcher’s
mitt to the softball game, or Walter will be
bringing his.
Either Joseph will surprise us with his special
recipe at the dinner party, or the Wongs will
surprise us with theirs.
Both Christopher and Louise failed to submit
their stories to the student newspaper.
I suppose that both Clancy and the Donovans
will be unwilling to give us their accounts of
what happened.
Exercise B
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Worksheet 12
Avoiding Problems in Agreement of
Pronoun and Antecedent
Exercise
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swarm—its
(two) miles—it
committee—its
news—it
group—their
family—its
Congress—their
flock—its
(two) quarts—its
Idylls of the King—its
herd—their
jury—its
(sixty-three) cents—it
assembly—their
Physics—it
(ten) pounds—it
civics—it
public—their
committee—its
Measles—it
team—its
orchestra—their
staff—their
(ten) miles—it
class—its
Worksheet 13
Test
Exercise A
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don’t
Do
sell
boards
retrieve
were
is
come
weren’t
aren’t
Exercise B
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There are
is
doesn’t
are
was
was
seems
hope
has
don’t
(The first item in a set is the
correct verb. The second item is the subject. The
third item is the incorrect verb.)
1. were—effects—was
2. were—swimmers—was
3. are—recipes—is
4. C—beauty
5. has—Each—have
6. C—Towns, seaports
7. was—tale—were
8. C—One
9. C—explorations, adventures
10. is—Trade—are
Exercise C
Exercise D
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None—have
Lions Club—meets
Lola, Sam—plan
(Twenty) pounds—is
Mathematics—is
writer, director—was
Most—was
(Two-and-a-half) months—is
“Points of View”—is
news—is
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Exercise E
Exercise F
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LaTonya, Darlene—her
band, choir—they
some—their
(ten) dollars—it
team—its
animal—its
economics—it
All—their
Everyone—his or her
“Peter and the Wolf”—it
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have
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