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Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet

English grammar lesson 18: Subject–verb agreement · Set 454 · 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: Neither Farhan nor the boys ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  2. 2.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 8. (a) are (b) is
  3. 3.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 5. (a) are (b) is
  4. 4.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) is (b) are
  5. 5.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 7. (a) is (b) are
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: The bunch of bananas ___ ripe. (a) is (b) are
  7. 7.Choose the right verb: Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. (a) is (b) are
  8. 8.Choose the right verb: Either the girls or Rohan ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  9. 9.Choose the right verb: All the students ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
  10. 10.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  11. 11.Choose the right verb: Each player ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  12. 12.Choose the right verb: All the girls ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  13. 13.Choose the right verb: Either my cousins or Priya ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  14. 14.Choose the right verb: Either Neel or my cousins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  15. 15.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  16. 16.Choose the right verb: Each girl ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  17. 17.Choose the right verb: Each of the girls ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
  18. 18.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
  19. 19.Choose the right verb: Every child ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  20. 20.Choose the right verb: Every player ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
  21. 21.Choose the right verb: Every student ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  22. 22.Choose the right verb: There ___ some water in the bottle. (a) is (b) are
  23. 23.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 9. (a) is (b) are
  24. 24.Choose the right verb: Every child ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  25. 25.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  26. 26.Choose the right verb: My spectacles ___ on the table. (a) is (b) are
  27. 27.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 3. (a) are (b) is
  28. 28.Choose the right verb: There ___ a mango in the basket. (a) are (b) is
  29. 29.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 3. (a) are (b) is
  30. 30.Choose the right verb: Neither the girls nor Aarav ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  31. 31.Choose the right verb: Each girl ___ a name tag. (a) have (b) has
  32. 32.Choose the right verb: Each student ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  33. 33.Choose the right verb: The bag of apples ___ in the car. (a) is (b) are
  34. 34.Choose the right verb: The news ___ good today. (a) is (b) are
  35. 35.Choose the right verb: Each of the children ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has
  36. 36.Choose the right verb: Every student ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  37. 37.Choose the right verb: Each of the players ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
  38. 38.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  39. 39.Choose the right verb: The basket of mangoes ___ heavy. (a) are (b) is
  40. 40.Choose the right verb: Every player ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has

Answer key

  1. are
  2. is
  3. is
  4. are
  5. is
  6. is
  7. is
  8. is
  9. have
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  12. have
  13. is
  14. are
  15. has
  16. has
  17. has
  18. has
  19. has
  20. has
  21. has
  22. is
  23. is
  24. has
  25. has
  26. are
  27. is
  28. is
  29. is
  30. is
  31. has
  32. has
  33. is
  34. is
  35. has
  36. has
  37. has
  38. has
  39. is
  40. has

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