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Exercise 1b: Advanced Noun-Verb Agreement

Each sentence contains at least one error in noun-verb agreement. Write the correct form of the incorrect verbs in the spaces below, and then click the submit button to check your answers.

  1. Louise Erdrich, in her book The Bingo Palace, detail the continuing story of Lipsha Morrisey, the young Native American man who try to find a comfortable identity for himself.

    corrected verb(s):

  2. Lipsha, along with many other characters in The Bingo Palace, were introduced in an earlier Erdrich novel, Love Medicine.

    corrected verb(s):

  3. Anyone who reads either of these novels develop a sense of the experience of members of a distinct cultural group who want to come to terms with both their heritage and contemporary American life.

    corrected verb(s):

  4. A reviewer of The Bingo Palace stated, in The New York Times Book Review, that Erdrich "show us a place where love, fate, and chance are woven together like a braid; a world where daily life is enriched by a powerful spiritual presence."

    corrected verb(s):

  5. Erdrich herself, in her book's acknowledgements, mention her father and grandfather as inspiration, among others. Actually, many people serves as inspiration for any writer.

    corrected verb(s):


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