Subject Verb Concord Practise Exercise

Subject - verb concord 

Exercise

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliay verbs: 

1. The quality of the mangoes ___ not good. 
2. The introduction of tea and coffee and such other beverages ____ not been without some effect, 
3. His knowledge of lndian vernaculars ___ far beyond the common. 
4. ____ your father and mother at home ? 
5. In him____ centred their love and their ambition. 
6. He and l ____ playing. 
7. My friend and benefactor ____ come. 
8. The novelist and poet ____ dead. 
9. Sanskrit. as well as Arabic, ____ taught there. 
10. Justice, as well as mercy, ___ praised.
16. The guidance, as well as the love of a mother ___ wanting. 
11. He as well as his brother ___ coming. 
12. He with his friend ____ coming. 
13. He along with friend ____ coming. 
14. Neither my friend nor I____ to blame. 
15. Neither you nor I____ going there. 
16. Either Tapan or Swapan___ come just now. 
17. Either he or his juniors____ come. 
18. Neither he nor his superiors ____ aware of this. 
19. Neither food nor water ___ to be found there. 
20. Everyone of the prisons___ ill. 
21. Many a man ___done so. 
22. Many a man ___ not know his own good deeds.
24. Everybody ____ gone there. 
25. Anything___ accepted. 
26. Everyone _____ present here. 
27. One ____ not like to be blamed. 
28. Either of them ____ coming. 
29. Neither of them ____ coming. 

J. Fill in the blanks withe auxiliay verbs: 

1. Some of the homework ___ done. 
2. He and his friend ____ coming. 
3. Any of the three ____ to be answered. 
4. Any three questions ___  to be answered. 
5. The principal and secretary ___  an honest man. 
6. Bread and butter ___ good for health. 
7. The principal and the secretary ___ coming. 
8. The Arabian Nights ___  a fine book. 
9. Gulliver's Travels ___  a fine book. 
10. Fifty minutes ___ a little long journey. 
11. The news ____  true. 
12.Mathematics ___ my favourite subject. 
13. Measles ___  an irritating disease. 
14. Politics ____ not popular nowadays. 
15. Both bread and butter ____ fat.
15. Bread and butter  ___ my favourite food. 
16. Slow but steady ___ the race. 
18. The headmaster and Secretary ___ coming. 
19. The headmaster and the Secretary ___ coming. 
20. A boy and a girl ____ laughing. 
21. Each boy and each girl ___ laughing. 
22. The boy or his friend ____ guilty. 
23. The boy and his friend ____ guilty. 
24. Either she or her sister ___ come. 
25. Neither he nor his friends ____ present. 
26. Either he or you ____ done this. 
27. Either he or I ___ responsible. 
28. Neither you nor he ___ to blame. 
29. He and I ___ students. 
30. He and I ___ friends. 
31. Give rupees ___ enough for me. 
32. The crowd ___ excited. 
33. Each of the girls ___ clever. 
34. None of the boys ___ guilty. 
35. One of the boys ____ guilty. 
36. The number of educated people ___increasing very year. 
37. The number of days in a weak____seven. 
38. A number of boys ____caught copying. 
39. There ____a large number of boys in the class. 
40. Half of the apples _____ good. 
41. Half of the Apple _____ good. 
42. Half of the land ____ cultivated. 
43. The majority _____  trying to achieve it. 
44. A great many boys ____ playing in the park. 
45. Many a boy ____playing in the park. 
46. More than one person____ present here. 
47. More than two persons ___ present here. 
48. No example ___ relevant. 
49. No examples ____relevant. 
50. The pair of scissors ____ blunt. 
51. The scissors on the table____ blunt. 
52. The pants ___ kept here. 
53. The pair of pants ___ kept here. 
54. A shoal of fish ____floating. 
55. A herd of cattle ___ grazing. 
56. One of you ____ brilliant. 
57. A flock of birds ____ flying. 
58. Cattle ____ grazing in the field. 
59. Do you need the goods that _____ kept here. 


K. Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliay verbs: 

1. The principal and secretary --- coming.
2. The principal and the secretary ---- coming. 
3. He and his friend ---- coming.
4. He along with his friend ---- coming. 
5. Neither he nor I ---- playing now. 
6. Neither he nor his friends ---- coming. 
7. Either you or your friend ---- done this. 
8. Either you or he ---- done this. 
9. Either you or your friend ---- playing. 
10. Both she and her brother ---- absent. 
11. The jury --- divided in their opinion. 
12. She along with her bothers ---- come.
13. Men --- intelligent. 
14. The sun and the moon --- luminous. 
15. Either you or I --- mistaken. 
16. Bread and butter --- his only food. 
17. He asked me whether either of the applicants --- suitable.
18. Neither you nor he --- to blame.
19. He and I ---- playing. 
20. Someone --- writing. 
21. Each boy ----- writing. 
22. Each person ---- a book. 

L. Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliay verbs: 

1. To take pay and then not to do work _____dishonest. 
2. The cost of all these articles____risen. 
3. The jury _____ divided in their opinions. 
4. That night every one of the boat’s crew_____down with fever. 
5. One or the other of those fellows ____ stolen the watch. 
6. The strain of all the difficulties and vexations and anxieties____more than he could bear. 
7. No news____good news.
8. The accountant and the cashier __ absconded. 
9. A good man and useful citizen __ passed away. 
10. Each of the suspected men___arrested. 
11. The ebb and flow of the tides, ___ explained by Newton. 
12. Ninety rupees ___ too much for this bag. 
13. The cow as Well as the horse ___ grass, 
14. Neither his father nor his mother ___ alive.
15. There ____ many objections to the plan. 
16. Two-thirds of the city ____ in ruins. 17. The formation of paragraphs _____ very important. 
18. Man’s happiness or misery 
___ in his own hands.  
19. Do you need the goods that _____ kept here?

Check answers 

M. Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliay verbs: 

1. Meat and fish .... costly nowadays. 
2. Rice and wheat ...... the main foods of Indians. 
3. The Headmaster and the Secretary of our school .......... honest.
4. The captain with his teammates .........greeted. 
5. Mini as well as her friends .......coming here. 
6. Two and two .......four. 
7. One of the boys ......guilty. 
8. Either of the books .......enough to help you. 
9. Neither of the games .......interesting to me. 
10. None of the boys ......clever. 
11. Each boy and each girl ....... intelligent. 
12. Either Ram or Rahim .......done this work. 
13. Neither you nor I .........responsible for this..
14. Both you and I .....responsible for this. 
15. You, he and I .....friends. 
16. Ten kilometres ........a long distance. 
17. The crowd ......dancing with joy. 
18. The jury .......divided in taking a decision. 
19. There .......a group of boys in the class. 
20. The number of illiterate people ........decreasing. 
21. More than one person ........proved guilty. 
22. A group of boys ......playing here. 
23. Many a flower ......born to blush unseen. 
24. A great many boys ......playing cricket. 
25. Half of the oranges ......rotten. 
26. Half of the task ....done. 
27. Most of the boys .....intelligent. 
28. Most of the work .......been done. 
29. The majority of the students........innocent. 
30. The wages of sin .....death. 
31. The people of India .....not rich.
32. The police ......inspected the case. 
33. One dozen of oranges ......fifty rupees. 
34. A batch of students ......gossiping. 
35. The trousers of my brother .....new. 
36. A pair of trousers .....kept here. 

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