Deck 29: Present Tense Agreement

Question 1

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. With this in mind, my family and I ____ chosen to spend a week in Springfield

A) have
B) has

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. There ____ also blueberries and blackberries waiting to be picked at prices lower than supermarket prices.

A) are
B) is

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Springfield offers two places that ____ perfect for us to visit: Johnson's Farm and the Springfield Science Museum.

A) seems
B) seem

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. We will be able to see how sheep ____ shorn and cows are milked.

A) is
B) are

Question 5

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. With supervision, the children ____ the animals, cook soup on a hearth, and learn to use simple farm tools.

A) feeds
B) feed

Question 6

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Experts maintain a careful watch for tsunamis along the Pacific coastline, but sadly, technology still ( does , do ) not guarantee the public safety.

A) does
B) do

Question 7

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Anyone with a family ____ that taking a vacation with children require careful planning.

A) know
B) knows

Question 8

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. As a tsunami ( approaches , approach ) a coastline, its length ( shortens , shorten ) as its height ( increases , increase ).

A) approaches, shortens, increases
B) approach, shorten, increase

Question 9

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Many ( say , says ) that the Italian earthquake of 1908 killed 123,000 because no technology warned the public.

A) say
B) says

Question 10

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Each one ____ entertainment for all of us.

A) provides
B) provide

Question 11

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. First, Johnson's Farm ____ visitors during July and August.

A) welcome
B) welcomes

Question 12

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Activities ____ to appeal to both adult and child.

A) has
B) have

Question 13

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Some tsunami waves ( rise , rises ) as high as 100 feet, move 450 miles per hour, and ( hit , hits ) so hard they ( destroy , destroys ) piers, homes, bridges, and human life.

A) rise, hit, destroy
B) rises, hits, destroys

Question 14

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Tsunamis ( are , is ) caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or land shifts beneath the ocean's surface.

A) are
B) is

Question 15

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Tsunamis ( is , are ) especially dangerous because they are so difficult to detect in advance.

A) is
B) are

Question 16

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. But the horrific tsunami of 2004 in southern Asia ( holds , hold ) the record for deadly consequences, killing over 250,000 people.

A) holds
B) hold

Question 17

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. At sea, they often ( have , has ) waves several hundred miles long and just a few feet high.

A) have
B) has

Question 18

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Since parents and children may not enjoy doing the same things; children, for example, often ____ like to wander the halls of a museum of art.

A) doesn't
B) don't

Question 19

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Because of this monumental tragedy, people all over the world ( know , knows ) what a tsunami is.

A) know
B) knows

Question 20

Instructions: Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Now, with the aid of modern technology, seismographers often ( detects , detect ) tsunamis and ( sends , send ) out warnings.

A) detects, sends
B) detect, send

Question 21

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. Each of those desserts ____ low in calories and fat.

A) are
B) is

Question 22

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. Neither the buyer nor the seller____ with the lawyer's suggestion for the closing date on the house.

A) agree
B) agrees

Question 23

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. One of the dentists ____ close to her office.

A) live
B) lives

Question 24

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Of course, we learn as much as our children and certainly ____ not mind spending extra hours at the museum with them.

A) do
B) does

Question 25

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. My cat often ____ the mail carrier.

A) chase
B) chases

Question 26

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Because most exhibits ____ hands-on, children love to go from floor to floor pushing as many buttons and turning as many knobs as possible.

A) is
B) are

Question 27

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. California ____ two nicknames: the El Dorado State and the Grape State.

A) has
B) have

Question 28

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. Here ____ my check for the first month's rent and the security deposit.

A) is
B) are

Question 29

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. One of the car's six cylinders ____ not working.

A) are
B) is

Question 30

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. The Springfield Science Museum ____ while it amuses.

A) teaches
B) teach

Question 31

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. All of us ____ forward to spending time on the farm.

A) looks
B) look

Question 32

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. We may attempt to persuade them to spend a little time at the ballet, but if they prefer not to, there ____ always other vacations, when they will be a bit older.

A) is
B) are

Question 33

Instructions: In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. Where is the driver who usually ____ this route?

A) have
B) has

Question 34

Instructions: The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Here are exhibits that ____ how electricity is generated or why bubbles eventually break, or where lightning is likely to strike.

A) shows
B) show

Question 35

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. The candidate's view on health-care reform is what ____ Moira.

A) impress
B) impresses

Question 36

Instructions: In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. Whenever my family ____ to a baseball game, we all ____ hot dogs and pretzels.

A) go, gets
B) goes, get