Subject-Verb Agreement

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.

1.      Each of the girls ____ her own dress. (has/have)

2.      Five miles____ long distance. (is/are)

3.      Many a man ____ tried hard to climb the treacherous mountain range. ( have/has)

4.      The furniture of the house ____ quite impressive. (is/are)

5.      Few students ______ coming to the party. (is, are)

6.      Uma, my childhood friend ____ leaving for Delhi next month. (is/are)

7.      Most of my friends _____ government employees. (is/are)

8.      The level of pain tolerance ____ from person to person. (vary/varies)

9.      Either Tina or Rohit ____ telling lies. (is/are)

10.  A number of people _____reported to have fallen sick after drinking the water from the tubewell. (was/were)

11.  The government ____ criticised by the Supreme Court for their actions. (was/were)

12.  No one ____ a greater collection of books than my friend Reeshav. (has / have)

13.  Somebody ____ waiting at the door for you. (is / are)

14.  Two ____ ago, here is the place where the accident took place. (year/years)

15.  Fast food, like burgers and street food, ____ harmful to our health. (is/are)

16.  All the students ____ excited to visit the museum after school. (is/are)

17.  Neither Joseph nor his family ____ French. (speaks/speak)

18.  Either Ross or Joey ____ broken the glass. (has/have)

19.  If anybody _____ for me, do let me know. (calls/call)

20.  The plumber, along with his helper ____, expected to come soon. (is/are)

21.  Several neighbours _____ complained about the loud sound coming from that house. (has/have)

22.  Neither Penny nor Amy ____ went to work. (has/have)

23.  The Olympics ____ held every four years. (is/are)

24.  The people ___ lived without electricity for many years. (has/have)

25.  The dog _____ chasing the cat. (is/are)

26.  Mr Simon, the great painter and philanthropist, ____ arrived. (has/have)

27.  Bread and butter ___ his daily food. (is/are)

28.  Yusuf and Rahul ____ gone to the school fair. (have/has)

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

30.  The players ___ preparing for the big game tonight. (were/was)

31.  The jury ____ unanimous in their decision. (was/were)

32.  The little boy _______ mangoes. (like/likes)

33.  The teachers ________ asked to attend a conference today. (were/was)

34.  I _______ it is good for you. (thinks/think)

35.  Neenu and Anu _____ twins. (are/is)

36.  Rahul ______ English and Spanish. (speak/speaks)

37.  Caro _______ in a bank. (works/work)

38.  Mathan, Tovino and Boban _____ best friends. (are/is)

39.  Every one of us ____ here. (is/are)

40.  None of them _______ completed their assignments. (have/has)

41.  Jithu _______ a BMW car. (has/have)

42.  What do you ______ about wasting food? (think/thinks)

43.  Veena ______ that it would not be okay for us to go out at this time. (feels/feel)

44.  ______ anyone seen the movie? (has/have)

45.  We ______ at the park yesterday. (were/was)

46.  The movie _____ great. (was/were)

47.  The curtains _____ the wall colours perfectly. (matches/match)

48.  Boney and Heera ______ moving to Bangalore. (are/is)

49.  Preetha _____ a son and a daughter. (has/have)

50.  Their daughter, Sheela, ____ a grade X student. (is/are)

51.  Everybody      to get success. (want/wants/have wanted)

52.  All her money kept into her pocket. (is/are/have)

53.  One of his cousins       from Boston. (comes/come/coming)

54.  A number of girls        fighting in school. (was/were/have)

55.  Five thousand dollars  too much for that bus. (is/are/have)

56.  Every member of the club       present today. (is/are/am)

57.  Five miles        very long distance. (is/are/were)

58.  Prerana and Prashant  good friends. (is/ are/has)

59.  She, with her parents, going to the zoo. (is/are/ have)

60.  Neither a dog nor a cat ….in the room. (was/were/are)

61.  All that glitters            not gold. (is/are/were)

62.  The manager, with his friends,……arrived at office (have/has/are)

63.  Bread and butter         a wholesome food. (is/are/have)

64.  No news……..good news. . (is/are/have)

65.  Two and two   four. (make/makes/will make)

66.  Good news      always good for us. (is/are/were)

67.  Every boy and every girl         to me carefully.( listens/ listen/ listening)

68.  One of the arguments that the hill was only imaginative.( is/are/have been)

69.  Rita or Rama ……to me today (come/ comes/ have come)

70.  Fifty rupees     nothing to buy anything. (is /are/ have)

71.  Fifteen kilometers       not a short distance for a walk in a day (is /are/ have)

72.  Time and tide  for none. (wait/ waits/ waited)

73.  The crew         arrived recently.(has/ have/ are)

74.  Neither he nor she       anything.(know/ knows/ knows)

75.  The teacher, together with students,   presented the paper. ( has/ have/ are)

76.  People in Nepal           simple and honest(are/ is / am)

77.  The number of students in our school increasing.( is/ are/ have been)

78.  Horse and carriage      at the gate.(are/ is/ come)

79.  Sima as well as her friends      present today.(is/ am /are)

80.  More than one boy………..dancing. .(is/ am /are)