Subject Verb Agreement

1. She ____ to school every day. (go / goes)

2. They ____ football in the evening. (play / plays)

3. The boy ____ a letter. (write / writes)

4. The boys ____ a letter. (write / writes)

5. Ram and Sita ____ good friends. (is / are)

6. Either Ram or Sita ____ coming. (is / are)

7. Everyone ____ ready. (is / are)

8. Somebody ____ taken my pen. (has / have)

9. The news ____ good. (is / are)

10. There ____ a book on the table. (is / are)

11. There ____ many books on the table. (is / are)

12. One of my friends ____ a doctor. (is / are)

13. A number of students ____ absent. (is / are)

14. The number of students ____ increasing. (is / are)

15. The team ____ playing well. (is / are)

16. Mathematics ____ my favourite subject. (is / are)

17. Ten years ____ a long time. (is / are)

18. The teacher, as well as the students, ____ present. (is / are)

19. Neither the teacher nor the students ____ present. (was / were)

20. Each of the boys ____ a prize. (has / have)

1. Neither Ram nor his brothers ____ coming today. (is / are)

2. Either the students or the teacher ____ responsible. (is / are)

3. The committee ____ decided the matter. (has / have)

4. My family ____ large. (is / are)

5. The United States ____ a developed country. (is / are)

6. “The Arabian Nights” ____ an interesting book. (is / are)

7. Five hundred rupees ____ enough for the ticket. (is / are)

8. A number of people ____ waiting outside. (is / are)

9. The number of accidents ____ increasing. (is / are)

10. The principal, along with the teachers, ____ present. (is / are)

11. The students, together with their teacher, ____ going on a picnic. (is / are)

12. None of the information ____ correct. (is / are)

13. None of the students ____ late. (was / were)

14. All of the water ____ polluted. (is / are)

15. All of the children ____ playing. (is / are)

16. Somebody ____ knocking at the door. (is / are)

17. Nothing ____ impossible. (is / are)

18. One of the girls ____ selected for the competition. (has / have)

19. Here ____ your books. (is / are)

20. There ____ many problems to solve. (is / are)

1. The quality of the apples ____ good. (is / are)

2. Each of the players ____ a medal. (has / have)

3. Neither of the two answers ____ correct. (is / are)

4. Either you or he ____ to go. (has / have)

5. The news of his success ____ surprising. (was / were)

6. A lot of people ____ interested in the programme. (is / are)

7. The number of books in the library ____ large. (is / are)

8. A number of books ____ missing from the library. (is / are)

9. The jury ____ given its decision. (has / have)

10. The audience ____ enjoying the show. (is / are)

11. Politics ____ a complicated subject. (is / are)

12. Measles ____ a dangerous disease. (is / are)

13. Ten kilometres ____ a long way to walk. (is / are)

14. Two-thirds of the work ____ finished. (is / are)

15. Two-thirds of the students ____ present. (is / are)

16. The teacher and the students ____ in the classroom. (is / are)

17. Bread and butter ____ his usual breakfast. (is / are)

18. The poet and philosopher ____ dead. (is / are)

19. Not only the students but also the teacher ____ present. (was / were)

20. Not only the teacher but also the students ____ present. (was / were)

21. One of my uncles ____ in America. (lives / live)

22. The furniture in this room ____ new. (is / are)

23. His advice ____ always useful. (is / are)

24. Everybody ____ their own opinion. (has / have)

25. No one ____ the answer. (knows / know)

1. The cost of the books ____ high. (is / are)

2. Many a student ____ made the same mistake. (has / have)

3. More than one person ____ been selected. (has / have)

4. The majority of the students ____ against the decision. (is / are)

5. The majority ____ in favour of the proposal. (is / are)

6. Neither the principal nor the teachers ____ ready. (was / were)

7. Either the teachers or the principal ____ ready. (was / were)

8. The police ____ investigating the case. (is / are)

9. The scissors ____ sharp. (is / are)

10. My spectacles ____ broken. (is / are)

11. The trousers ____ too long for me. (is / are)

12. Linguistics ____ an interesting subject. (is / are)

13. Billiards ____ played by many people. (is / are)

14. The United Nations ____ an international organisation. (is / are)

15. Half of the money ____ spent. (has / have)

16. Half of the students ____ absent today. (is / are)

17. Most of the work ____ been completed. (has / have)

18. Most of the workers ____ on strike. (is / are)

19. The pair of shoes ____ new. (is / are)

20. A pair of shoes ____ lying on the floor. (is / are)

21. The poet and the critic ____ arrived. (has / have)

22. Slow and steady ____ the race. (wins / win)

23. Each boy and each girl ____ given a prize. (was / were)

24. Every man and every woman ____ a vote. (has / have)

25. There ____ a lot of traffic on the road. (is / are)

1. The criteria for selection ____ very strict. (is / are)

2. The data ____ been analysed carefully. (has / have)

3. None but the brave ____ the award. (deserves / deserve)

4. Not only the students but also their parents ____ invited. (was / were)

5. The board of directors ____ meeting today. (is / are)

6. One of the most serious problems ____ unemployment. (is / are)

7. The wages of the workers ____ been increased. (has / have)

8. Many a man ____ tried to climb the mountain. (has / have)

9. The public ____ requested to remain calm. (is / are)

10. A group of boys ____ making a noise. (is / are)

11. The cattle ____ grazing in the field. (is / are)

12. The scissors that ____ on the table belong to me. (is / are)

13. Neither of them ____ completed the work. (has / have)

14. Either of the two roads ____ to the village. (leads / lead)

15. The number of people present ____ larger than expected. (was / were)

1. She ____ English very well. (speak / speaks)

2. The children ____ in the garden. (is playing / are playing)

3. Ram and his brother ____ to the same school. (goes / go)

4. Either the boy or the girls ____ made the noise. (has / have)

5. Neither the girls nor the boy ____ present. (was / were)

6. Everybody ____ their best. (does / do)

7. Someone ____ at the door. (is knocking / are knocking)

8. The news ____ broadcast at 8 o’clock. (is / are)

9. There ____ a lot of students in the hall. (is / are)

10. One of my sisters ____ in Australia. (lives / live)

11. A number of workers ____ on strike. (is / are)

12. The number of workers ____ increased. (has / have)

13. The class ____ making a lot of noise. (is / are)

14. Physics ____ a difficult subject for many students. (is / are)

15. Fifty thousand rupees ____ a large amount. (is / are)

16. The manager, as well as his assistants, ____ arrived. (has / have)

17. The assistants, as well as the manager, ____ arrived. (has / have)

18. None of the water ____ wasted. (was / were)

19. None of the bottles ____ empty. (was / were)

20. All of the information ____ correct. (is / are)

21. All of the answers ____ correct. (is / are)

22. Here ____ the documents you asked for. (is / are)

23. Each of the participants ____ given a certificate. (was / were)

24. Neither of the two roads ____ safe. (is / are)

25. The pair of spectacles ____ on the table. (is / are)