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True or false: subject and verb must agree

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'I am' is correct in the present tense.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'We are' is correct in the present tense.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    'He are' is correct in the present tense.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'They were' is correct in the past tense.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    'I were' is the ordinary past indicative.

Explanation

Number decides the form as much as time does. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.
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