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Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 10

Agreement

Subjects, verbs and pronouns match

What your child practises

Making verbs agree with their subjects (even with tricky phrases, “each,” “everyone” and “either…or”) and choosing pronouns that clearly match the nouns they replace.

BC Curriculum learning standard: Language features, structures and conventions: subject–verb and pronoun–antecedent agreement

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?

    Ravi and Amir forgot _____ lunches at home.

    • their
    • there
    • its
    • they're
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    their

    Hint: “Ravi and Amir” is plural, and the lunches belong to them: their.

  2. Question 2

    Which verb correctly completes the sentence?

    Both of the puppies _____ asleep on the rug.

    • was
    • has
    • are
    • is
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    are

    Hint: “Both” always means two, so it's plural.

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence has correct subject–verb agreement?

    • The girls in my class is playing soccer at recess.
    • The girls in my class was playing soccer at recess.
    • The girls in my class plays soccer at recess.
    • The girls in my class play soccer at recess.
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    The girls in my class play soccer at recess.

    Hint: Find the subject (“girls”). It's plural, so the verb must be plural too.

  4. Question 4

    Which verb correctly completes the sentence?

    There _____ three apples left in the bowl.

    • are
    • has
    • is
    • was
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    are

    Hint: When a sentence starts with “There,” the subject comes after the verb. “Apples” is plural.

  5. Question 5

    Which verb correctly completes the sentence?

    The students in Mr. Diaz's class _____ a spelling test today.

    • is having
    • have
    • having
    • has
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    have

    Hint: Ignore “in Mr. Diaz's class.” The subject is “students,” which is plural.

  6. Question 6

    Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?

    When the bike got a flat tire, Leo fixed _____ before school.

    • its
    • them
    • it
    • they
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    it

    Hint: The pronoun stands for “the bike,” which is one thing: it.

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