| DEFINITIONS | ||
| #1 | What is the form a word takes to indicate whether the word is singular or plural? | NUMBER |
| #2 | What is a word that refers to more than one in number called? | PLURAL |
| #3 | What begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun? | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES |
| #4 | What is a word that takes the place of a noun called? | PRONOUN |
| #5 | What is the word called to which the pronoun refers? | ANTECEDENT |
| RULES | ||
| #1 | The number of the subject usually is not determined by what? | A PHRASE OR CLAUSE |
| #2 | What are 'as well as, along with, together with' called? | COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS |
| #3 | When a singular subject and a plural subject are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with what? | THE SUBJECT NEARER THE VERB |
| #4 | What should the contractions don't and doesn't agree with in a sentence? | THEIR SUBJECTS |
| #5 | What kind of verb does singular subjects joined by or or nor take? | SINGULAR |
| INDEFINITE PRONOUN CHOICES | ||
| #1 | None of the ice cream (was, were) left for me. | WAS |
| #2 | Some of the test (is, are) hard. | IS |
| #3 | All of the exhibit (is, are) open to the public. | IS |
| #4 | Most of his routines (sound, sounds) familiar. | SOUND |
| #5 | More of the class (is, are) going to the archaeological dig. | IS |
| SINGULAR PRONOUN CHOICES | ||
| #1 | No one has offered to let us use (her, their, his or her) home for the department meeting. | HIS OR HER |
| #2 | Neither of us (was, were) able to predict the outcome of today's game. | WAS |
| #3 | Macroni and cheese (is, are) my favorite dish. | IS |
| #4 | Everyone (contribute, contributes) to the alumni association. | CONTRIBUTES |
| #5 | Is one of the professors ready to present (their, her) paper? | HER |
| PLURAL PRONOUNS | ||
| #1 | Most parents mistakenly think that mumps (has, have) been eliminated as a childhood disease. | HAVE |
| #2 | Both my dog and my cat (has, have) allergies. | HAVE |
| #3 | Few of the students (is, are) going to the game right after school. | ARE |
| #4 | Several of my students (is, are) going to make an A on their test. | ARE |
| #5 | (Was, were) both of the games postponed? | WERE |
| Final Question | |
| What follows a linking verb and renames the subject but does not necessarily with the verb in a sentence? | PREDICATE NOMINATIVE |