Worksheet On Subject Verb Agreement

Worksheet on Subject Verb Agreement

Level: Basic

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of the verb given in the bracket:

Passage 1:

Pulp Friction

Every second, 1 hectare of the world's rainforest is destroyed. That's equivalent to two football fields. An area the size of New York City (1) ______(be) lost every day. In a year, that (2)______(add) up to 31 million hectares -- more than the land area of Poland. This alarming rate of destruction (3) ______(have) serious consequences for the environment; scientists estimate, for example, that 137 species of plant, insect or animal (4)______(become) extinct every day due to logging. In British Columbia, where, since 1990, thirteen rainforest valleys have been clearcut, 142 species of salmon have already become extinct, the habitats of grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures (5)______(be) threatened. Logging, however, (6)______(provide) jobs, profits, taxes for the government and cheap products of all kinds for consumers, so the government (7)______(be) reluctant to restrict or control it.

Much of Canada's forestry production (8) ______(go) towards making pulp and paper. The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (9)______(estimate) that Canada supplies 34% of the world's wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved. Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper (10)______(have) been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp.

Passage taken from: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/570/pulp/hemp3.htm Answer Sheet (Subject-Verb Agreement)

Level: Basic Passage 1

Pulp Friction

(1) is Explanation: distance between the S & V (2) adds Explanation: “that” as a singular pronoun followed by singular verb (3) has Explanation: “rate” (singular) as the noun head—subject (4) become Explanation: 137 species as the noun head—subject (5) are Explanation: the subject here is “the habitats of grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures”. The present tense is used here to reflect the current situation that their habitats are threatened. (6) provides Explanation: Gerund as subject (singular) (7) is Explanation: Government (singular) (8) goes Explanation: Production here as uncountable (9) estimates Explanation: Name of an organization (Singular) (10) has Explanation: “way” (singular) as noun head—subject