Exam 29: Present Tense Agreement

The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Because most exhibits ____ hands-on, children love to go from floor to floor pushing as many buttons and turning as many knobs as possible.

Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Tsunamis ( is , are ) especially dangerous because they are so difficult to detect in advance.

Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Tsunamis ( are , is ) caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or land shifts beneath the ocean's surface.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. Whenever my family ____ to a baseball game, we all ____ hot dogs and pretzels.

Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. As a tsunami ( approaches , approach ) a coastline, its length ( shortens , shorten ) as its height ( increases , increase ).

In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. Each of those desserts ____ low in calories and fat.

Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Because of this monumental tragedy, people all over the world ( know , knows ) what a tsunami is.

In each sentence below, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Decide which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. Select the correct answer. One of the dentists ____ close to her office.

The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Of course, we learn as much as our children and certainly ____ not mind spending extra hours at the museum with them.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where a verb should be. Select the letter of the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. California ____ two nicknames: the El Dorado State and the Grape State.

The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. With this in mind, my family and I ____ chosen to spend a week in Springfield

The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Since parents and children may not enjoy doing the same things; children, for example, often ____ like to wander the halls of a museum of art.

Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. But the horrific tsunami of 2004 in southern Asia ( holds , hold ) the record for deadly consequences, killing over 250,000 people.

The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. Here are exhibits that ____ how electricity is generated or why bubbles eventually break, or where lightning is likely to strike.

Select the correct verb or verbs for each sentence. Some tsunami waves ( rise , rises ) as high as 100 feet, move 450 miles per hour, and ( hit , hits ) so hard they ( destroy , destroys ) piers, homes, bridges, and human life.

The following sentences form an essay. Select the correct verb for each blank. With supervision, the children ____ the animals, cook soup on a hearth, and learn to use simple farm tools.