it came from a tyrannosaurus rex. the giant meat-eater lived in montana about 67 million years ago.to make your essay sing. don't let a grammar goof hit a sour note. christina tells us how to make sure your subject and verb are in harmony. [ cheers and applause ] >> does that sound right to you? >> sentence sounded fine. [ buzzer ] >> sorry, but it's wrong. and he's not alone. a lot of kids would miss what's not right in this sentence. the principle here is subject-verb agreement. the subject of the sentence is not "spectators." it's "each." and "each" is singular. therefore, the verb needs to be singular, as well. so the sentence should read, "each of the 5,000 spectators at the game was cheering wildly." tom clements is an s.a.t. tutor and author. he has an easy way to check your sentence -- read it without all the other words that get between the subject and the verb. >> so, in the sentence "each of the 5,000 spectators at the game were cheering wildly," which is a mistake, if you bracket off the prepositional phrase "of the 5,000 spectators at the game," then the sentence -- the