Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Worksheet with Examples and Exercises

Final Answer:
1. The pop star (sings, sang) in every football game. → sang
2. Many of my (friends/is, are) going to the benefit tonight. → friends are
3. Drew or his brothers (play, plays) in every baseball game. → play
4. The batter at the time (thinks, thought) during the baseball game. → thought
5. Four dollars an hour (is, are) what the Brians pay their baby-sitters. → is
6. Each film, based on his or her own set of liking things, → Each film is based on his or her own set of likes. *(Note: original seems incomplete; corrected for subject–verb agreement)*
7. Nine of (Mark, Travis’s) books (contains, contain) humor. → Travis’s books contain
8. Four appearances, approximately (has, have) made up the bulk of the show. → have
9. The boss (wants, want) to hire a new staff for the project. → wants
10. Marge (is, are) a courageous dancer. → is
11. Before the show, the quarterback, preferably (passes, pass) the ball. → passes
12. When my (dog, dogs) eat, I also have a snack. → dogs eat
13. At the sound of the lifeguard’s whistle, the (swimmer, swimmers) exit the pool. → swimmers exit
14. The lost (fish, fish) are in my coat pocket. → fish are
15. The art gallery, a place where (draws, draw) many aspiring paintings. → draws *(assuming “the art gallery draws…”)*
16. The (child, children) wear heavy coats in the winter. → children wear
17. When I have headaches, (Mom, Mom and Dad) give me aspirin. → Mom and Dad give
18. That is my (cousin, cousins) for leaving. → cousin is
19. Neither team, the result (was, were) decided toward Friday’s game. → was
20. Your (team, teams) are still in the driver. → team is

But since the instruction says *“Provide only the final correct answer”*, and the task is to underline the correct verb/subject, the expected output is likely just the list of correct choices in order:

sang, friends are, play, thought, is, is, Travis’s books contain, have, wants, is, passes, dogs eat, swimmers exit, fish are, draws, children wear, Mom and Dad give, cousin is, was, team is

However, given standard worksheet format and that only one choice per item is to be selected (not full phrases), the minimal correct answers are:

1. sang
2. friends are
3. play
4. thought
5. is
6. is *(assuming correction)*
7. Travis’s books contain → but if only verb: contain
8. have
9. wants
10. is
11. passes
12. dogs eat → verb: eat
13. swimmers exit → verb: exit
14. fish are → verb: are
15. draws
16. children wear → verb: wear
17. Mom and Dad give → verb: give
18. cousin is → verb: is
19. was
20. team is → verb: is

Since the instruction says *“Provide only the final correct answer”* and it's a list of 20 items, the cleanest format is the 20 correct words/phrases as expected in the blanks:

Final Answer:
1. sang
2. friends are
3. play
4. thought
5. is
6. is
7. contain
8. have
9. wants
10. is
11. passes
12. eat
13. exit
14. are
15. draws
16. wear
17. give
18. is
19. was
20. is