Subject–verb agreement across long interruptions (SAT)

Question 1

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The number of species recorded at the site ___ risen every year since 2015.

• A. have
• B. has

Question 2

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The findings reported in the journal, along with the raw data that the researchers released online, suggest that the drug is safe.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 3

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Each of the novels in the prize-winning trilogy ___ from a different character's point of view.

• A. is told
• B. are told

Question 4

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? What the researchers found in the frozen soil samples supports the theory.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 5

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The migration patterns of the monarch butterfly, a species that travels up to 4,000 kilometres each year, ___ scientists.

• A. fascinate
• B. fascinates

Question 6

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The number of species recorded at the site has risen every year since 2015.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 7

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The collection of letters, diaries and photographs donated by the explorer's family in 2019 ___ now on display.

• A. are
• B. is

Question 8

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The findings reported in the journal, along with the raw data that the researchers released online, suggest that the drug is safe.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 9

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The effects of the new policy, which was introduced despite strong objections from several councils, ___ still being studied.

• A. is
• B. are

Question 10

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The ruins, together with the ancient road that once connected them to the coast, forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 11

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The migration patterns of the monarch butterfly, a species that travels up to 4,000 kilometres each year, ___ scientists.

• A. fascinate
• B. fascinates

Question 12

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? A team of engineers from three universities has developed a battery that charges in minutes.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 13

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The effects of the new policy, which was introduced despite strong objections from several councils, ___ still being studied.

• A. is
• B. are

Question 14

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The number of species recorded at the site have risen every year since 2015.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 15

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? One of the most influential architects of the twentieth century, Zaha Hadid ___ buildings around the world.

• A. designing
• B. designed
• C. have designed
• D. to design

Question 16

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? What the researchers found in the frozen soil samples support the theory.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect