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Subject - Verb
Agreement - Post Test
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To see how
well you have learned the rules for subject – verb agreement, do the POST TEST
below. There is no
checklist of answers for the POST TEST. Instead, you should have your responses checked by the Writing
Support Program office.
POST
TEST DIRECTIONS:
The following sentences contain one or more subject – verb
agreement errors. Circle all subjects and underline all verbs.
Check carefully to see whether or not the subject agrees with its verb. If the subject does agree
with its verb, write “C” above the verb. If the subject and verb do
not agree, however, write the correct form of the verb above the faulty one.
You must
print out a copy of this original page to complete the Post Test. Make your
corrections right on the paper; then bring your completed Post Test to the
Writing Support Program office for evaluation and review.
Link to
Printable Post
Test
The Titanic
1. About 1,500
passengers on the maiden voyage of the Titanic was sent to a
watery grave when the luxurious ocean liner sank in 1912.
2.
The ghostly remains of the ship lies in a lonely berth more than two
miles deep in the North Atlantic.
3. For nearly three-quarters of a century, while
everyone were celebrating the Titanic in legend, the wreckage of many
pieces were sitting on the ocean floor.
4.
On September 1, 1985, a search party of American and French diving teams
were thrilled to discover her.
5.
Their photographs and video has given the public memorable close-up looks at
one of the great maritime disasters of the 20th century.
6. In 1987, a new French diving team were sent to
explore the sunken vessel.
7.
Jewelry found in the
rooms of the passengers were salvaged and shown to the world.
8.
Although many people has objected to this mission, neither storms nor negative
public sentiment has kept the French company from continuing its
mission.
9.
In 1997, James
Cameron made the film Titanic with a new deep-sea camera that could
withstand the enormous atmospheric pressure in the deep water where the pieces
of the Titanic is still sitting.
10.
While
viewers of the film sees only twelve minutes of footage in the movie,
Cameron and his crew was shooting many hours of film on twelve dives to
the wreck.
11.
There is people who believe that the ship
should be left alone as a memorial to the many
people who was lost at sea when it
sank.
12.
What are your opinion?
To reach the Writing Support Program, contact
Margaret L. Benner
Director, Writing Support Program
English Department
Towson University
benner@towson.edu
410-704-2857
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Margaret L. Benner . All rights reserved.
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