Grammar Post Test

Question 1

Is it singular or plural if two subjects are connected by and?
Example: Jane and Anne ___ planning a vacation.

Answer 1

Plural

Question 2

Is it singular or plural if two subjects are connected by or, neither, nor, and either?
Example: Neither Jane nor Anne ___ planning a vacation.

Answer 2

Singular

Question 3

Is it singular or plural if the sentence uses somebody, nobody, each, every, anybody, or everybody?
Example: Each student must ___ his/her own assignment.

Answer 3

The verbs and the pronouns are singular

Question 4

Is it singular or plural if the sentence uses you?

Example: You ___ always a good friend to me.

Answer 4

Plural

Question 5

How do you know if the sentence is singular or plural while using the word there?

Answer 5

You have to look at the subject of the sentence to determine if it is singular or plural.

Question 6

Is it singular or plural? There were three boys playing basketball in the park.

Answer 6

Plural because the subject (boys) is plural.

Question 7

Is it singular or plural? There is no excuse for failure to complete the task?

Answer 7

Singular because the subject (an excuse) is singular.

Question 8

What do you do for any sort of information that is set off in commas?
Example: The science teacher, together with her students, was amazed by the outcome of the experiment.

Answer 8

Any sort of information that is in between or “set off” in commas is not important. Pretend that information is not there. Then look at the subject to determine if it is singular or plural.

Question 9

Is it singular or plural? The science teacher, together with her students, was amazed by the outcome of the experiment.

Answer 9

Singular. The subject (the science teacher) is singular. The “together with her students” does not matter because it is in between commas.