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• Agreement Sum
• Agrmnt Diagnostic
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• Irreg Plural Nouns
• Irreg Plural Prac
• Irreg Agreement
• 3rd Person Agrmnt
• Final -S Prac
• Count / Noncount
• Group Nouns
• NonCnt/Cnt Prac 1
• NonCnt/Cnt Prac 2
• Quantity Phrases
• Some / Any
• Much / Many
• Little / Few
• Food Quantifiers
• Complex Agrmnt
• There Agreement
• Pronouns
• Indefinite Pronouns
• Reflexive Pronouns
• Possessive Nouns
• Possess Pronouns
• Common Mistakes
• Gender Agrmnt
• Sentence Edit
• Paragraph Edit
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There Agreement

Singular / Plural

 

 

 

There introduces the idea that something exists in a particular place.

 

 

 Verb Agreement - "There" with Singular or Plural Nouns  

SINGULAR AGREEMENT	PLURAL AGREEMENT
There     is       milk.	There  are  cookies.

 

 

 

Verb Agreement - "There" with Multiple Nouns 

SINGULAR AGREEMENT	PLURAL AGREEMENT
There   is   a book, some pencils, and a notepad.	There are some pencils, a book, and a notepad.
(British English differs.)

 

 

 

Inseparable Pairs - Regarded as Single Items  

COMMON USAGE	MORE FORMAL USAGE
There is milk and cookies on the table.	There are milk and cookies on the table.
There is bacon and eggs on the menu. (a dish; a menu item)	There are bacon and eggs on the plate.
There is salt and pepperon the plate.   (regarded as a single unit)	There are milk and cookies on the table.

 

 

 

 

 

Practice

Sentence Agreement with "There"

 

 

 

Select the singular or plural form of the verb to complete the sentence.  * indicates an incorrect answer.

 

#	SENTENCE	OPTIONS
1.	Each year, there 150 million computers that end up in our garbage "land fill."	is are
2.	There no way to upgrade some of the early models.	is are
3.	For many computers, there service centers which will upgrade the memory or hard disk capacity.	is are
4.	However, there really no upgrade solution that is cost-effective.	is are
5.	Each year, there a number of new peripherals that make one want to upgrade.   (phrase agreement)	is are
6.	Each year, there better technology producing smaller computers.	is are
7.	Each year, there more to learn.	is are
8.	There a new device that is replacing the telephone, computer and navigational system.	is are
9.	It is an iphone. There thousands of applications.	is are
10.	Among the iphone applications, there navigation systems, translators, calculators, shopping helpers, games and so much more.	is are
11.	Among my iphone applications, there a map, an address book, a camera, an image editing program, a motion tracke and a couple of games.	is are

 

 

 

 

 

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