Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
There ______ three boxes on the cart.Choices: is / are
- There is not the subject. The verb comes first here.
- Turn the sentence around: three boxes ___ on the cart. The subject is boxes, plural.
Answer: There are three boxes on the cart.
Example 2
Where ______ the form I signed?Choices: are / is
- In a question, the subject often comes after the verb.
- Turn it into a statement: the form ___ where? The subject is form, one.
Answer: Where is the form I signed?
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.