CHAPTER 15 / ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SKILLS 515
Answer Key 1:
Subject-Verb Disagreement
- s: Amy,v:is
- s: none(books), v: were
- s: all(eggplant),v:was
- s: rose,v:was
- s: brothers,v:are
- s: speck,v:is
- s: Bailey brothers,v:shout
- s: Dave,v:is
- s: people,v:are
27.Far too many smokers, in my opinion, are in this
restaurant.
28.Thousands of bison are over that hill.
29.Among the children, over a dozen commuters were
riding on the bus.
30.Such voices have never before been heard here.
31.Any mention of the director’s previous Broadway
failures was absent from the article.
Concept Review 1
1.S
2.S
3.P
4.S
5.P
6.S
7.S
8.P- s: neither,v:is
- s: flock,v:was
- s: data,v:were(datais plural)
- s: mathematics and history,v:are
- s: none(roast), v: was
- s: all(games), v: were
- s: Pride and Prejudice,v:is
- s: neither,v:is
- s: much,v:goes
Worksheet 1
- s: we,v:were(correct); s: mice,v:was(change to
were) - s: one,v:are(change to is)
- s: guards,v:is(change to are)
- s: every player,v:were(change to was)
- s: a theater and a toy store,v:has been(change to
have been) - s: his brother,v:is(correct)
- s: crayons,v:is(change to are)
- s: therapy,v:can resume(correct); s: neither,v:are
(change to is) - s: proceeds,v:goes(change to go)
10. s: economics,v:has struck(correct)
11. s: years,v:is(change to are)
12. s: neither,v:were(change to was)
13. s: technology,v:have transformed(change to has
transformed)
14. s: every player,v:were(change to was)
15.s: sponsorship,v:have garnered(change to has
garnered)
16. s: their parents,v:utters(change to utter);
s:Mrs. Denny,v:tells
17. s: your strength training and your diet,v:is(change
toare)