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Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet

English grammar lesson 18: Subject–verb agreement · Set 73 · 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 players ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  2. 2.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 3. (a) are (b) is
  3. 3.Choose the right verb: Neither Diya nor my cousins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  4. 4.Choose the right verb: Every student ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
  5. 5.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
  6. 6.Choose the right verb: Either the twins or Rahul ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  7. 7.Choose the right verb: Every player ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
  8. 8.Choose the right verb: Each of the girls ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has
  9. 9.Choose the right verb: Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. (a) is (b) are
  10. 10.Choose the right verb: Each of the boys ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
  11. 11.Choose the right verb: Each player ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  12. 12.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  13. 13.Choose the right verb: There ___ three pencils in the box. (a) is (b) are
  14. 14.Choose the right verb: There ___ a mango in the basket. (a) is (b) are
  15. 15.Choose the right verb: The packet of biscuits ___ open. (a) are (b) is
  16. 16.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 4. (a) are (b) is
  17. 17.Choose the right verb: There ___ two cats in the garden. (a) are (b) is
  18. 18.Choose the right verb: The bag of apples ___ in the car. (a) is (b) are
  19. 19.Choose the right verb: One of my cousins ___ in Class 7. (a) are (b) is
  20. 20.Choose the right verb: There ___ a lot of rice in the bag. (a) are (b) is
  21. 21.Choose the right verb: Neither Dev nor my cousins ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  22. 22.Choose the right verb: Neither Ishaan nor my cousins ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
  23. 23.Choose the right verb: Physics ___ interesting. (a) are (b) is
  24. 24.Choose the right verb: Every player ___ a notebook. (a) have (b) has
  25. 25.Choose the right verb: Neither Priya nor the boys ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  26. 26.Choose the right verb: The news ___ good today. (a) is (b) are
  27. 27.Choose the right verb: There ___ many books on the shelf. (a) is (b) are
  28. 28.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
  29. 29.Choose the right verb: Each of the boys ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  30. 30.Choose the right verb: Either Meera or the boys ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  31. 31.Choose the right verb: Each boy ___ a name tag. (a) have (b) has
  32. 32.Choose the right verb: Neither the twins nor Kabir ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
  33. 33.Choose the right verb: Each girl ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  34. 34.Choose the right verb: Each of the girls ___ a locker. (a) has (b) have
  35. 35.Choose the right verb: Each girl ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  36. 36.Choose the right verb: There ___ five mangoes in the basket. (a) are (b) is
  37. 37.Choose the right verb: All the children ___ a ID card. (a) has (b) have
  38. 38.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a ID card. (a) have (b) has
  39. 39.Choose the right verb: Each of the girls ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
  40. 40.Choose the right verb: All the students ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have

Answer key

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

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