Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Sports Fans
Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs
Verbs

In 1895, W. G. Morgan invented this game. What game did he invent?

To answer the question, complete each sentence below with the correct present-tense form of the verb. Choose your answers from the verbs after each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page.

1. My family _____ all kinds of sports.

M. like

E. likes

2. My brothers _____ baseball, basketball, and soccer.

L. play

C. plays

3. My sister _____ softball and soccer.

S. love

L. loves

4. My mother and father _____ for exercise each day.

B. walk

N. walks

5. Sometimes they _____ hiking and bicycling.

O. go

A. goes

6. I _____ hockey the best of any sport.

Y. enjoy

S. enjoys

7. We _____ sports events on TV.

L. watch

R. watches

8. My father and I never _____ a championship game.

A. miss

H. misses

9. My mom _____ at our love of sports.

S. smile

L. smiles

10. She _____ a lot about sports.

B. know

V. knows