A day at the beach
As a child I had only ever gone to the beach about three times in my life. One of the three times I went was when I was taken on a family vacation to Puerto Rico. It was a beautiful day and I remember being so surprised by how clean the water was in comparison to here in New York. I was scared to go into the ocean because I could not swim at all. My younger sister also could not swim so we both stood on the sand with our mother. We had Disney princess themed toys for the beach, things like buckets, and shovels. Anything we needed for making a sand castle we had. We were at the beach for a good few hours and I recall just trying to make the perfect sand castle the whole time. We werent very sure how to make one or how to stop the sand from just collapsing and all falling back down. In the end we had a very small and strange looking structure we had accepted as our castle. We were very impressed with ourselves and our subpar castle. It was fun to make something even if it did not go according to plan. Just spending time on a nice beach with my sister working together to have fun and create something was enough to keep us both entertained the whole time.
Subject – Verb AgreementDirections: Circle the correct verb in the following sentences. If you have a doubt about the correct verb, refer to the clues on the following page.
- The rhythm of the pounding waves is / are calming.
- All of the dogs in the neighborhood were / was barking.
- A high tax, not to mention unemployment, influence / influences votes.
- My friends and my mother like / likes each other.
- The team and the band was / were on the field.
- Building a good marriage and building a good log fire is / are similar in many ways.
- John or Doris write / writes to us regularly.
- Neither Carol nor Ted is / are excluded from the meeting.
- Either Patty or Tom was / were asked to lead the meeting.
- Neither the basket nor the apples was / were expensive.
- Neither the apples nor the basket was / were expensive
- Either Maria or you was / were late for class.
- Either you or Maria was / were late for class.
- Hardest hit by the high temperatures and the drought was / were the farmers.
- Neither of them like / likes going to the show.
- Each of them has / have a good seat.
- Everybody in the class has / have tickets.
- Every silver knife, fork, and spoon has / have to be counted.
- Each cat and each dog has / have its own toy.
- The committee is / are meeting today.
- Ten million gallons of oil is / are a lot of oil.
- The jury vote / votes today.
- The number is / are very small.
- A number of students was / were absent.
- Ten million gallons of oil was / were spilled.
- The majority of us is / are in favor.
- Statistics is / are an interesting subject. Statistics is / are often misleading.
- The sheep stray / strays when the gate is left open. Sheep stray / strays when the gate is left open.
