Grammar
Lesson 52
Agreement in Adjective Clauses
When the subject of an adjective clause is a relative pronoun, the verb in the clause must
agree with the antecedent of the relative pronoun.
Patience is one of the
requirements that make a good leader.
In the preceding example the antecedent of that is requirements, not one, because several
requirements—not just patience—make a good leader. Since requirements is plural, that
is considered to be plural, and the verb in the adjective clause, make, must also be plural.
Patience happens to be the only one of the leadership talents that is natural to me.
In this example the antecedent of that is one, not requirements, because the speaker has
only one of the requirements of a good leader, patience. Since one is singular, the verb in
the adjective clause, is, must be singular.
Exercise 1
Draw one line under the antecedent of each relative pronoun. Draw two lines under
the correct form of the verb.
Sally is the only one of our runners who (holds, hold) that distance record at our school.
1. Brad appears to be the only one of the storytellers who (relates, relate) that particular tale.
2. Carey is one of the actors who (is, are) participating in our production.
3. My dog will have to be one of the participants that (is, are) attending canine obedience school
next month.
4. The name of that constellation is the only one of the northern star group’s names that
(escapes, escape) me at the moment.
5. Rita remains one of my friends who (stands, stand) by me in this upheaval.
6. My sister seems the only one in my family who (enjoys, enjoy) tennis at all.
7. This pie tastes like one of the store pies that (bakes, bake) so easily.
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