Deck 29: Present Tense Agreement

Question 1

Instructions: Select the letter of 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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Instructions: Select the letter of 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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 5

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 6

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 7

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

Question 8

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 9

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 10

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 11

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 12

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

Question 13

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 14

Instructions: Select the letter of 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 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

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

Question 19

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 20

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 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

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 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 letter of 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 26

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 letter of the correct answer. Each of those desserts
____ low in calories and fat.

A) are
B) is

Question 27

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 letter of the correct answer. Where is the driver who usually
____ this route?

A) have
B) has

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. The candidate's record on health-care reform is what
____ Moira.

A) impress
B) impresses

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. Here
____ my check for the first month's rent and the security deposit.

A) is
B) are

Question 30

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 31

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 letter of the correct answer. My cat often
____ the mail carrier.

A) chase
B) chases

Question 32

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 33

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 34

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 letter of the correct answer. One of the dentists
____ close to her office.

A) live
B) lives

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. California
____ two nicknames: the El Dorado State and the Grape State.

A) has
B) have

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