SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT PRE-ASSESSMENT SENTENCES

She are a good friend. Do the subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

Bill and Lora goes to the library. Do the compound subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

My dad and I checks the smoke detector every six months. Do the compound subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

Corey and the girls go to the park every Saturday. Do the compound subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

We was finished with the canoe early. Do the subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

He do not want to come with us. Do the subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

Neither the cat nor the dogs want to go out in the rain. Do the compound subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

Mom said that the boys has to wash the dishes. Do the subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

The snow were just wet enough to make snow sculptures. Do the subject and the verb agree? If not, what change should be made?

You sings the first round, I takes the second, and he have the third. Do the subjects and the verbs agree? If not, what change(s) should be made?

ANSWERS TO SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT SENTENCES She are a good friend. [Incorrect, is] Bill and Lora goes to the library. [Incorrect, go] My dad and I checks the smoke detector every six months. [Incorrect, check] Corey and the girls go to the park every Saturday. [Correct] We was finished early. [Incorrect, were] He do not want to come with us. [Incorrect, does] Neither the cat nor the dogs want to go out in the rain. [Correct] Mom said that the boys has to wash the dishes. [Incorrect, have] The snow were just wet enough to make snow sculptures. [Incorrect, was] You sings the first round, I takes the second, and he have the third. [Incorrect, sing, take, has]

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