Subject-Verb Agreement With Was And Were

Application 4

Instructions Click on each sentence button and a sentence will appear in the top box. The sentence is then begun a second time in such a way that you need to change the subject and verb. The answer button will reveal the computer's response. Questions 1-5: Change from Plural to Singular Example: Our prize-winning pumpkins were hit by an early frost. Our one and only . . . . . . prize-winning pumpkin was hit by an early frost. 1.           2.           3.           4.           5.           Questions 6-10 Change from singular to plural Example: Her outrageous statement was quoted in every newspaper in the state. Her numerous outrageous statements . . . . . . were quoted by every newspaper in the state. 6.           7.           8.           9.           10.

/* */ CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 12.1 Pretest 12.2 Writing 12.3 Present Tenses 12.4 Was and Were 12.5 There is, There are, and There Were 12.6 Modifying Phrases or Clauses 12.7 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects 12.8 Who, Which, and That as Subjects 12.9 Compound Subjects 12.10 Review and Practice Part 1 12.10 Review and Practice Part 2 12.11 Fun with Grammar 12.12 Return to Your Writing 12.13 Mastery Test