Subject-Verb Agreement Drill Set 1

Ace SVA Questions on ACT English and SAT Reading & Writing. Boost your test scores with this set of drills and answer explanations designed to help you master this important question type!

Below is a set of five expertly-crafted drills to help you master Subject-Verb Agreement Questions, which appear on both the ACT English Test and the digital SAT Reading & Writing Test. The drills below are formatted in the style of the SAT, but the core strategies apply equally to Subject-Verb Agreement Questions on ACT English.

Below the drills are detailed answer explanations, which explain how to solve the questions using the tactics introduced in the article, Mastering SAT and ACT Subject-Verb Agreement Questions. If you’re not yet familiar with those strategies, it’s important that you read that article before doing the drills.

Drills

Question 1

Harrison and Jones hypothesized that minerals were essential for the growth of ferns. Soon after postulating this theory, the area of their experimental plots containing minerals _________ with diverse plant species, validating their hypothesis.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) had been flourishing

B) was flourishing

C) were flourishing

D) flourishes