Subject-Verb Agreement

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Across
  1. 3. ________ nouns take a singular verb.
  2. 4. When the subject of the _________ is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and, use a plural verb.
  3. 6. In sentences __________ with "there is" or "there are," the subject follows the verb. Since "there" is not the subject, the verb agrees with what follows the verb.
  4. 10. If the subject is singular, the verb must be _______ too.
  5. 11. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are _________ by "or" or "nor," use a singular verb.
  6. 13. The words and phrases "each," "each one," "either," "neither," "everyone," "everybody," "anyone," "anybody," "nobody," "somebody," "someone," and "no one" are singular and _______ a singular verb.
  7. 15. When a _______ comes between the subject and the verb, remember that the verb still agrees with the subject, not the noun or pronoun in the phrase following the subject of the sentence.
Down
  1. 1. everybody is an example of ________ noun.
  2. 2. make ____ plural.
  3. 5. When there is one subject and more than one ____, the _____ throughout the sentence must agree with the subject.
  4. 7. you add an "s"
  5. 8. __________ nouns are words that imply more than one person but are considered singular and take a singular verb. Some examples are "group," "team," "committee," "family," and "class."
  6. 9. indefinite _______ will usually have singular
  7. 12. If the subject is ______, the verb must also be it.
  8. 14. some countable nouns in _______ such as earnings, goods, odds, surroundings, proceeds, contents, and valuables only have a plural form and take a plural verb.