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Subject Verb Agreement Exam
Question & Answers ( Latest 2025 )
Rule #1 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔disregard most
prepositional phrases after the subject
Exceptions - any time the subject is a FRACTION or the
words: PLENTY, MAJORITY, REMAINDER, REST,
ABUNDANCE, or PORTION


The batch of cookies (was/were) in the oven. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔was


The jar of pickles (is/are) sitting in the fridge. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔is sitting


The majority of the students (work/works) very hard. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔work


A portion of the proceeds will (go/goes) to that charity. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔go


Two-thirds of the windows (require/requires) paint. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔require


Rule #2 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The verb ALWAYS
agrees with the noun after the words OR or NOR

, Subject Verb Agreement Exam
Question & Answers ( Latest 2025 )

The boy or the girls (is/are) going to the park. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔are going


The girls or the boy (is/are) going to the park. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔is going


The Cocker Spaniel nor the Pugs (bark/barks) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔bark


My mom nor my dad (make/makes) the appointment. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔makes


Rule #3 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔THERE or HERE is
NEVER the subject in a sentence - look after the verb.


There (is/are) many children in that class. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔are


Here (mark/marks) the spot of the crime. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔marks


Rule #4 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔FOLLOW this rule