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BBC Learning English Grammar Challenge - Match the beginnings to the correct endings to make sentences which are grammatically correct and make sense.

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BBC Subject Verb Quizzes

BBC Learning English Grammar Challenge - Match the beginnings to the correct endings to make sentences which are grammatically correct and make sense.

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BBC Learning English

Grammar Challenge
Subject - verb agreement _________________________________________________
Practice activities Exercise 1: Match the beginnings to the correct endings to make sentences which are grammatically correct and make sense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Every animal in the zoo... These books Youling believes that speaking English fluently Maria, as well as Marco and Alice, Unfortunately, English grammar This book English words Marco and Alice a. is learning English. b. ...is fed a natural diet. c. sometimes have more than one meaning. d. are learning English. e. is very expensive! f. is sometimes irregular.

g. are very expensive! h. is important in the modern world.

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Exercise 2: Kaz and Youling are doing their English homework. Read their sentences and decide which one of them is correct. 1. Kaz: Right Youling, exercise 2, number 1. Those strawberries are not ready to eat yet. What have you got? Youling: No Kaz, I think it should be Those strawberries is not ready to eat yet.

a. Kaz is correct. b. Youling is correct.

2. Kaz: Number 2. That fruit cake looks delicious. Youling: No, Kaz, it's That fruit cake look delicious. a. Kaz is correct. b. Youling is correct.

3. Kaz: Right, number 3: Every person in the room have eaten a piece of the fruit cake. Youling: I think it should be Every person in the room has eaten a piece of the fruit cake. a. Kaz is correct. b. Youling is correct.

4. Kaz: Next one: Each guest, no matter how late it is, has to have a ticket. Youling: You mean: Each guest, no matter how late it is, have to have a ticket. a. Kaz is correct. b. Youling is correct.

5. Kaz: Let's look at number 5. Washing up take a long time without hot water. Youling: I think it should say: Washing up takes a long time without hot water. a. Kaz is correct. b. Youling is correct.

6. Kaz: Last one! Using washing-up liquid makes it a lot easier. Youling: I don't agree. It must be Using washing-up liquid make it a lot easier. a. Kaz is correct. b. Youling is correct.
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Grammar Challenge: subject - verb agreement practice activities Answers Exercise 1: Match the beginnings to the correct endings to make sentences which are grammatically correct and make sense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Every animal in the zoo... These books Youling believes that speaking English fluently Maria, as well as Marco and Alice, Unfortunately, English grammar This book English words Marco and Alice b. ...is fed a natural diet. g. are very expensive! h. is important in the modern world. a. is learning English. f. is sometimes irregular.

e. is very expensive! c. sometimes have more than one meaning. d. are learning English.

Exercise 2: Kaz and Youling are doing their English homework. Read their sentences and decide which one of them is correct. 1. Kaz: Right Youling, exercise 2, number 1. Those strawberries are not ready to eat yet. What have you got? Youling: No Kaz, I think it should be Those strawberries is not ready to eat yet.

a. Kaz is correct. - Well done! Those strawberries are plural & countable b. Youling is correct. - Sorry - Those strawberries are plural & countable

2. Kaz: Number 2. That fruit cake looks delicious. Youling: No, Kaz, it's That fruit cake look delicious. a. Kaz is correct. - Well done! That fruit cake is singular b. Youling is correct. - Sorry - That fruit cake is singular

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3. Kaz: Right, number 3: Every person in the room have eaten a piece of the fruit cake. Youling: I think it should be Every person in the room has eaten a piece of the fruit cake. a. Kaz is correct. Sorry Subjects with each & every take singular verbs b. Youling is correct. Well done! Subjects with each & every take singular verbs

4. Kaz: Next one: Each guest, no matter how late it is, has to have a ticket. Youling: You mean: Each guest, no matter how late it is, have to have a ticket. a. Kaz is correct. Well done! The subject and verb must agree with each other, even if they get separated by extra information b. Youling is correct. Sorry - The subject and verb must agree with each other, even if they get separated by extra information

5. Kaz: Let's look at number 5. Washing up take a long time without hot water Youling: I think it should say: Washing up takes a long time without hot water a. Kaz is correct. Sorry - Single verb-ing subjects usually take singular verbs b. Youling is correct. Well done! Single verb-ing subjects usually take singular verbs

6. Kaz: Last one! Using washing-up liquid makes it a lot easier. Youling: I don't agree. It must be Using washing-up liquid make it a lot easier. a. Kaz is correct. Sorry - Single verb-ing subjects usually take singular verbs b. Youling is correct. Well done! Single verb-ing subjects usually take singular verbs

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