Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
The box of tools ______ by the door.Choices: sit / sits
- The word right before the blank is tools, but that is a trap.
- Find the subject: what sits by the door? The box. Of tools only tells what kind of box.
- Cover of tools and listen: The box sits. One box, singular verb.
Answer: The box of tools sits by the door.
Example 2
The workers on the night shift ______ a raise.Choices: wants / want
- The word right before the blank is shift, one shift. Another trap.
- Who wants the raise? The workers, more than one.
- Cover on the night shift: The workers want.
Answer: The workers on the night shift want a raise.
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.