SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT - 3

CORRECT ANSWERS:
[o.abootty, english4psc]
1. All of the students who took Dave’s ESL Class ......... passed.
a) has b) have
c) is d) has been
2. Here ............ some new students.
a) are b) is
c) was c) has
3. Statistics ........... revised as a course approach far too long.
a) haven’t been b) hasn’t been
c) aren’t d) weren’t been
4. You and I ........... supposed to clean the room before Mom gets home.
a) am b) were
c) had d) are
5. Either the President or the Vice ......... signed the document.
a) have b) had
c) has d) are
6. People from the South ........... very friendly.
a) are b) is
c) was d) have
7. John as well as his younger brothers .......... going to study at that school.
a) is b) are
c) were d) have
8. Everyone visiting Tanzania and Kenya ........... to see a game preserve.
a) want b) wants
c) wanting d) have wanted
9. An apple or a few cookies usually .............. my hunger after work.
a) has eased b) is easing
c) ease d) eases
10. None of the men ............. signed their contracts yet.
a) have b) are
c) had d) has
ANSWERS:
1. Cu hmIyØns‚ I¿Ømhv All of the students F∂ noun group BWv . CXnse students
_lphN\ambXn\m¬ _lphN\{Inb D]tbmKn°Ww. DØcßfn¬ have am{Xta
_lphN\{Inbbmbn hcp∂p≈q.
Answer: b) have
2. Here, There F∂nhbn¬ XpSßp∂ hmIyßfpsS {Inb B{ibn°p∂Xv XpS¿∂phcp∂ \masØbmWv.
ChnsS students BWv B \maw. CXv _lphN\ambXn\m¬ _lphN\{Inbbmb are D]tbmKn®p.
_m°nsb√mw GIhN\{InbIfmWv.
Answer: a) are
3. Statistics Hcp ]T\hnjbamWt√m. CØcw hnjb߃ _lphN\cq]Øn¬ h∂mepw {Inb
GIhN\ambncn°Ww. DØcßfn¬ GIhN\{Inbbmbn hcp∂Xv hasn’t been am{XamWv.
Answer: b) hasn’t been
4. You and I c≠p t]cmWv. c≠p t]cm-hp-tºmƒ AXv _lphN\w Bbn-cn-°p-at√m. At∏mƒ
_lphN\{Inb (plural verb) D]tbmKn°Ww. X∂ncn°p∂ DØcßfn¬ cs≠Æw
_lphN\{InbIfmWv: were, are F∂nh. Chbn¬ are D]tbmKnt°≠nhcp∂Xv XpS¿∂phcp∂ before
Mom gets home F∂ clause-˛se gets, present tense BbXn\memWv.
Answer: d) are
5. Either ..... or h∂m¬ or-˛\ptijw hcp∂ \masØ B[mcam°nbmWv {Inb \n›bn°pI. ChnsS or-
˛\ptijw Vice F∂ GIhN\\maw h∂Xn\m¬ GIhN\{Inb D]tbmKn°Ww. Has am{Xta
GIhN\{Inbbmbn hcp∂p≈q. c≠p hmIy߃ C√mØXn\m¬ had-\v {]k‡nbn√.
Answer: c) has
6. People _lphN\\maamWv. AXn\m¬ XpS¿∂v _lphN\{Inb D]tbmKn°Ww. Are, have F∂nh
_lphN\amsW¶nepw are - ˛ s\ sXcs™Sp°p∂Xv friendly F∂ \mahntijWw ( adjective )
h∂Xn\memWv. \mahntijWØns‚ IqsS have D]tbmKn°m≥ ]mSn√.
Answer: a) are
7. As well as tN¿∂phcp∂ noun group-˛¬ {Inb B[mcam°p∂Xv as well as-˛\p apºn¬ hcp∂
\masØbmWv. ChnsS AXv John F∂Xv GIhN\\maw (singular noun) ambXn\m¬ is F∂
GIhN\{Inb sXcs™SpØp. a‰p-≈h _lphN\{InbIfmWv.
Answer: a) is
8. Everyone BWv I¿Ømhv (subject). CXv GIhN\\maamWv. AXn\m¬ wants F∂ GIhN\{Inb
D]tbmKn®p. a, b F∂nh _lphN\{InbIfmWv. wanting I¿Ømhns‚ tijw main verb Bbn
D]tbmKn°ptºmƒ klmbI{Inb (auxiliary verb) \n¿_\‘ambpw thWw.
Answer: b) wants
9. Or sIm≠v c≠p \maßsf tbmPn∏n®m¬ or˛- \ptijw hcp∂ \masØ ASnÿm\am°nbmWv {Inbsb
Xocpam\n°pI. ChnsS or-˛\ptijw cookies F∂ _lphN\\maw h∂Xn\m¬ _lphN\{Inb
D]tbmKn°Ww. AXn\m¬ X∂ncn°p∂ \mepØcßfn¬ D≈ GI _lphN\{Inbbmb ease
sXcs™SpØp.
Answer: c) ease
10. Subject Bbn none of+noun h∂m¬ {Inb GIhN\ØnemWv htc≠Xv. AXn\m¬ has F∂ {Inb
sXcs™SpØp. CsXmcp complex sentence A√mØXn\m¬ had Bhiyhpan√.
Answer: d) has
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1. Neither Martin nor Harry ......... going to be in camp next summer.
a) is b) are
c) has d) was
2. The wearing quality of different kinds of furs ........... greatly from item to item.
a) vary b) varies
c) have varied d) were varying
3. Neither of these envelopes .......... the correct size for my letter.
a) are b) have
c) is d) were
4. Every one of these men ......... golf.
a) playing b) have played
c) had played d) plays
5. There .......... comparatively few poisonous plants in Alaska.
a) has b) have
c) are d) is
6. My brother, not my sisters, .......... in college.
a) is b) are
c) were d) has
7. The robbers discovered that some of their loot .......... missing.
a) is b) are
c) was d) were
8. It’s I who .......... asking permission to address the group.
a) am b) is
c) are d) has been
9. He is one of those active boys who .......... always in mischief.
a) was b) were
c) are d) is
10. The issue of war, peace, and nuclear holocaust .......... of paramount importance at the conference.
a) was b) were
c) are d) have
ANSWERS:
1. a) 2. b) 3. c) 4. d) 5. c) 6. a) 7. c) 8. a) 9. c) 10. a)
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