Identify the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.

Practice Questions

Q1
Identify the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.
  1. The team are winning the match.
  2. The team is winning the match.
  3. The team were winning the match.
  4. The team wins the match.

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

Identify the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.
  • Step 1: Understand what a subject is in a sentence. The subject is who or what the sentence is about.
  • Step 2: Learn what a verb is. The verb is the action word in the sentence.
  • Step 3: Know what subject-verb agreement means. It means the subject and verb must match in number (singular or plural).
  • Step 4: Identify collective nouns. A collective noun refers to a group of individuals, like 'team', 'group', or 'family'.
  • Step 5: Remember that collective nouns are usually treated as singular. For example, 'The team is winning.'
  • Step 6: Look for the correct verb form that matches the collective noun. In this case, 'is' is the correct singular verb for 'team'.
  • Step 7: Choose the sentence that uses the correct subject-verb agreement.
  • Subject-Verb Agreement – The grammatical rule that the subject of a sentence must agree in number with its verb.
  • Collective Nouns – Nouns that refer to a group of individuals, which can take either singular or plural verbs depending on context.
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