Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
The buses ______ all night.Choices: runs / run
- Find the subject: buses. It means more than one, so it is plural.
- A plural subject takes a plural verb. In the present, the plural verb has no -s.
- Remember: on a noun, -s means more than one; on a verb, -s means one.
Answer: The buses run all night.
Example 2
My neighbor ______ a dog that barks all night.Choices: have / has
- Find the subject: neighbor, one person. Singular.
- The verb pair to know: has with one, have with more than one.
Answer: My neighbor has a dog that barks all night.
Where this is taught: Grammar: Start Here, Part 1: Subject and verb agree
More practice: Quiz 37, Subject-verb agreement · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 8, Lesson 3, “Subject-Verb Agreement”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.