Grammar exercises · 12 questions
Subject-verb agreement exercises
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Test yourself on subject-verb agreement with 12 interactive questions. Every answer comes with an explanation — and if you get one wrong, the AI tutor can explain exactly why your answer didn't work.
Question 1 of 12
Choose the correct sentence.
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Guessing gets you through a quiz; understanding gets you through the exam. Read the full Subject-verb agreement lesson — Subject-verb agreement means the verb must match its subject in number: singular subjects take singular verbs ('she works'), plural subjects take plural verbs ('they work'). Long noun phrases, collective nouns, and quantifying expressions like 'the number of' and 'a number of' can hide the true subject and cause verb-choice errors even at advanced levels.
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