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Subject Verb Agreement C2 (E)

Advanced subject-verb agreement exercises covering complex sentence structures including collective nouns, intervening phrases, and compound subjects

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. Since neither of the companies
  2. had submitted the necessary documentation,
  3. each were required to reapply
  4. for the project the following year.
  5. No error
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. A career in the management field,
  2. which requires a huge amount of investment of
  3. time and money, do not guarantee success
  4. as there is so mush competition in this field today.
  5. No error
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The possibility of massive bomb blasts
  2. on the eve of Independence Day
  3. are regarded by most police officers
  4. with a mixture of scepticism and caution.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The Prime Minister,
  2. along with his retinue
  3. of ministers and secretaries,
  4. are on a tour of ASEAN countries.
  5. No error
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The numerous restrictions
  2. placed on the citizenry
  3. has made it difficult for them
  4. to engage in normal social activities such as going to parties.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. What other steps can be taken
  2. to expedite the recovery of loans
  3. are being discussed by Bank Chairmen
  4. at their meeting
  5. No error
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. For the teenager,
  2. who had lost his mother immediately after his birth,
  3. both his mother and his father
  4. have been John and John alone.
  5. No error
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. A proper reply to the management
  2. were not forthcoming from the
  3. accountant as he found the statement to be very
  4. confusing and beyond his comprehension
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. Everyone in the crowded shopping arcades, in the grocery stores
  2. and in the food stores, as well as
  3. those who visit the departmental stores down the hill,
  4. were looking for bargains.
  5. No error
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. More than one student
  2. are deciding to complain
  3. about the treacherous acts
  4. of the maid to the head warden.
  5. No error
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. Majority of Indians either goes for a
  2. walk or take physical exercises
  3. as they find life to be
  4. very stressful that needs special attention
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The chairman and managing director was
  2. not very happy with the performance
  3. of their team as it could not achieve
  4. the target set by them.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. He along with his family has
  2. decided to settle down in a new
  3. country as he finds the facilities there to be
  4. excellent that provide greater opportunities
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. Everybody in the family was in agreement
  2. with the idea of going for a new car but
  3. was reluctant to agree to the model suggested
  4. by me which were the latest.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The burgeoning demand for food,
  2. shrinking farmlands, and stagnating crop yield
  3. has all but ensured that the poor will struggle
  4. to put food on the table.
  5. No error
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