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Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet

English grammar lesson 18: Subject–verb agreement · Set 247 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Find the real subject): Each, every and one of … are singular: Each boy has, One of my friends is. “The box of pencils” — the real subject is the box, so “is”. With either … or / neither … nor, follow the nearer subject. After “there”, look at what follows: there is a cat, there are two cats, there is some milk. News, mathematics and physics are singular; scissors and trousers are plural.

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  1. 1.Choose the right verb: Each of the students ___ a name tag. (a) have (b) has
  2. 2.Choose the right verb: Neither Rahul nor the boys ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  3. 3.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 8. (a) are (b) is
  4. 4.Choose the right verb: Each student ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  5. 5.Choose the right verb: Each of the players ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: Every child ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  7. 7.Choose the right verb: Physics ___ interesting. (a) is (b) are
  8. 8.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
  9. 9.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  10. 10.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 4. (a) is (b) are
  11. 11.Choose the right verb: Every girl ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
  12. 12.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 7. (a) are (b) is
  13. 13.Choose the right verb: There ___ some water in the bottle. (a) is (b) are
  14. 14.Choose the right verb: Each of the boys ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  15. 15.Choose the right verb: Each player ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  16. 16.Choose the right verb: Either Isha or the twins ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  17. 17.Choose the right verb: Either Priya or the twins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  18. 18.Choose the right verb: The news ___ good today. (a) is (b) are
  19. 19.Choose the right verb: The bunch of bananas ___ ripe. (a) is (b) are
  20. 20.Choose the right verb: There ___ a lot of rice in the bag. (a) are (b) is
  21. 21.Choose the right verb: Each of the players ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  22. 22.Choose the right verb: The basket of mangoes ___ heavy. (a) are (b) is
  23. 23.Choose the right verb: Either the twins or Neel ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  24. 24.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) are (b) is
  25. 25.Choose the right verb: There ___ five mangoes in the basket. (a) is (b) are
  26. 26.Choose the right verb: Either the girls or Arjun ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  27. 27.Choose the right verb: There ___ three pencils in the box. (a) is (b) are
  28. 28.Choose the right verb: Every child ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  29. 29.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 6. (a) is (b) are
  30. 30.Choose the right verb: The bag of apples ___ in the car. (a) is (b) are
  31. 31.Choose the right verb: Every player ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  32. 32.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  33. 33.Choose the right verb: My spectacles ___ on the table. (a) is (b) are
  34. 34.Choose the right verb: Every student ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
  35. 35.Choose the right verb: Either Tara or the boys ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  36. 36.Choose the right verb: Each of the boys ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  37. 37.Choose the right verb: All the children ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
  38. 38.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
  39. 39.Choose the right verb: Either the girls or Diya ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  40. 40.Choose the right verb: All the girls ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have

Answer key

  1. has
  2. are
  3. is
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  7. is
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  16. are
  17. are
  18. is
  19. is
  20. is
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  22. is
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  24. are
  25. are
  26. is
  27. are
  28. has
  29. is
  30. is
  31. has
  32. has
  33. are
  34. has
  35. are
  36. has
  37. have
  38. has
  39. is
  40. have

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