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Primary 3 English
Name : _______________________

Date : ____________

Subject-Verb Agreement
Singular
Subject

Plural
Verb

Subject

Verb

is

are

was

were

has

have

He

eats

eat

She

gives

give

The boy
Mary

catches
likes

Mr Ali

knows

Cat
Everyone

flies

We
They
The girls
Mary and
Tom

Somebody

The books

Nobody

Snakes

Each
None

You are , You were

I am, I was

catch
like
know
fly

Fill in the blank using the correct verb (am, is, are, was, were)
1.

Mrs Devi ___________ a teacher.

2.

Look at the ducks! They ___________ swimming in the pond.

3.

The pupils ____________ going to the beach now.

4.

June, July and August _____________ hot months in the year.

5.

Both my hands _____________ cold. Please hand me a pair of gloves.

6.

I ____________ 10 years old this year.

7.

You ____________ going to be in Primary Four next year.

8.

Mary and John ____________ late for school yesterday.

9.

Everyone ____________ given a ruler for Childrens Day last year.

10.

Sally _____________ sad that the show last night had been cancelled.

11.

There ____________ some cookies in the cupboard just now.

12.

I ______________ a class monitor last year.

13.

He ____________ so angry that he left the party early.

14.
The children ______________ happy when they went Sentosa last
week.
15.

Nobody _______________ late for the excursion last Monday.

Rewrite the sentence using the correct verb (singular, plural or past
tense)
1.

Mr Chen (buy) a bottle of perfume for his wife last week.

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2.

Mr Chong (play) badminton every Saturday afternoon.

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3.

Susan and her sister (like) to eat fruit every day.

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4.

The pupils (enjoy) music lessons. They have lessons once a week.
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5.

Last night, the footballers (play) very well and won the match.
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6.

Each girl (wear) a uniform when she goes to school.

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7.

The maid (wash) the clothes every morning.

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8.

She (visit) her grandmother once a week.

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9.

Insect (have) six legs.

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10.

Alice (write) a very interesting composition yesterday.

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11.

Daniel (go) for a walk at the part every evening.

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12.

Both John and Adrian (love) to play soccer.

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