Insert is` or are` in the following sentences: 1. There ……. two boys standing there. 2. There …….. many students at school. 3. Today there is …….. many boys are absent from the class. 4. If you need money, there is ……..

some in my coat pocket. 5. There …….. sixteen players selected for a tour of Australia. 6. There …….. a good balance of emotions and intelligence in him. 7. There ….. nothing to be so happy. 8.

…….. is there anyone? 9. There …….. no light here. 10. There is ……. complete darkness inside. Answers: 1. are 2. are 3. are 4.

is 5. are 6. is 7. is 8. is 9. is 10. in each of the following sentences provide an appropriate verb according to its subject:- (c) If a sentence begins with „there“, the verb is in agreement with the actual subject that comes after the verb. This is John. There are fifty students in my class. Insert the correct form of verbs in spaces in the following sentences: 1.

A good dictionary……. A lot. (Costs) 2. These five chairs …….. a thousand rupees. (Costs) 3. Ten kilometers ……. a long distance on foot. (be) 4. Sita ……. next to my house.

(live) 5. Bread and butter ….. a healthy meal. (be) 6. One of these three boys…….. first in his class every year. (Standing) 7. My dragon …….. very high in the sky. (Fly) 8.

You ……. dark. (lok) 9. All students of this school …….. English. (learn) 10. My lawn ……. very nice in spring. (watch) Answers: 1. Costs 2. Costs 3.

is 4. lives 5. is 6. stands 7. flies 8. look at 9. Learn B. Edit the following sentences to eliminate subject-verb matching issues and write the modified sentence. If a sentence is correct, write „correct.“ Example: b) A singular subject is sometimes confused with the plural, e.B. if it starts with (either, neither, etc.).

Remember that these should be considered singular. Each of you is wrong. None of them work here. One of the teachers teaches English. 2. Beauty and brain is said to _________ (do/do). When two subjects express an idea together, the verb will be in the singular. For example, words that are associated with a singular subject by being connected to, with, in addition to, or and are enclosed in parentheses and therefore have no effect on the number of verbs. Example: The title of a book, a play, a story, a musical composition and the name of a country, although the plural in the form assumes a singular verb. Example: Example: He`s a good boy.

(Singular subject, Singular Verb) They are good players (plural subject, plural verb) The following passage has not been edited. Each line is missing a word. Find the missing word and write it in your answer sheet with a word that comes before and the one that comes after. A long time ago, there was a king named Midas. (a) ________ He was very rich and a girl named (b) _______ Mary Gold. Midas Gold more than anything else (c) ______ anywhere else in the world. When he transformed the golden light (d) _____ of the sun into (e) _____ gold, he wanted to transform it into (e) _____ gold. Even the roses didn`t do it to him, because (f) _______ they weren`t made of gold. (g) _____ Answers: (a) there was one (b) and had a (c) Midas liked gold (d) he saw gold (e) he could turn (f) couldn`t dress it (g) You weren`t take an Englishman out of his house and he (a) …..

a completely different creature. Outside his house (b) …….. capable of sudden furies. He can (c) …….. for a nice neighborhood guy, but he (d) …….. with feelings of unease on a train. A tall middle-aged woman always (e) ……. my hatred. You (f) ….. shouting at the doorman. You (g) ……. she is accompanied by a dog who (h) …….

only a degree less offensive than them. Answers: (a) becomes (b) is (c) passes (d) sits (e) excited (f) gives (g) a see (h) is fill in the gaps in the following sentences and take the best option in parentheses: 1. The quality of apples (war / war / war / is / hat) is not good. 2. Fire and water (do/do/do/do)do not match. 3. Time and tides (wait/wait/wait/wait) for none. 4. Justice, as well as mercy (allow/allow/allow/allow) 5. Neither the teacher nor the students (is/am/are/what) at school.

6. Many men (have/have/are/are) have done this. 7. The news (was/were/had/have) good. 8. The Committee (east/east/war/a) disagrees on a small point. 9. The United States (is/have/have) a large navy. 10. Everyone ran as fast as him (can/can/can/wants). Answers: 1.

was 2. do 3. wait 4. authorized 5. are 6. a 7. was 8. are 9. have 10. could have 6. The logic and reasoning of the theory _________ given below.

(east/are). Question 3. Underline the verbs in the sentences below and indicate whether they are in the active or passive voice. (i) Sita loves Savitri. (ii) The wall is built by the mason. (iii) Some boys helped the injured man. (iv) The man killed the snake. (v) The food prepared by Asha was eaten by Ram.

Answer: (i) Sita loves Savitri. – (Active) (ii) The wall is built by the mason. – (Passive) (iii) Some boys helped the injured man. – (Active) (iv) Man killed the snake. – (Active) (v) The food prepared by Asha was eaten by Ram. Prepared – (Active) has been eaten – (Passive) 1. Simple life and high thought ________ Verb A verb says what does something or that something exists. Examples: A transitive verb needs a direct object to complete its meaning. The meaning of a sentence with a transitive verb is not complete without a direct object. 8.

His honesty and integrity __________ 1. Someone (steals, steals) my morning newspaper almost every morning. 2. Both (arguing, arguing) over the phone. 3. Some pizzas (have, have) have been kept for later. 4. Half of the answers (were, were) correct. 5. Half of the order (is, are) already completed. 6. Most of the ice (bottom, bottom) in the spring.

7. None of the employers who interviewed me last week called me to share the results of their interviews. 8. A small group of parents (hope, hope) will meet on Sunday to discuss travel arrangements for their children traveling to Southeast Asia in the fall. However, it should be borne in mind that when thinking of the individuals who make up the collective noun, it can adopt a plural verb. For example, 10. You and you ________ have been selected for the Extempore competition. (hat/hat). Paste the correct shape of the present into the spaces. Verbs are in parentheses. 1. A new home …..

a lot of money. (Costs) 2. The new car ….. like clappers. (run) 3. Most things…….. more than before. (Costs) 4.

This aircraft ……. faster than The Sound. (Fly) 5. The lawn ……. nice in summer. (watch) 6. These children ……. very healthy. (watch) 7. One of the players…….

of my village. (coming soon) 8. These people ….. to us in their own cars. (coming soon) Answers: 1. Costs 2. Operation 3. Costs 4.

Flies 5. Looks 6. The following worksheet is suitable for students in grades 6, 7 and 8. 1. All members of the telecommunications focus group have /ont) problems with mobile phones. 2. Your friendship over the years and your support (a/ have) meant a lot to us. 3.

Hamilton Family Center, a paradise for outlier teens in San Francisco, offers/offers a variety of services. 4. Trinidad`s main source of income (east/are) oil and pitch. 5. The chances of being promoted (are/are) are excellent. 6. There was (was/were) a Pokémon card stuck to the fridge. 7. Neither the professor nor his assistants (were/were) able to solve the mystery of the strange glow in the laboratory. 8. Many hours on the driving range (a/ont) led us to design golf balls with GPS locators.

9. Discovered a civil war bud in the ground of our city garden (was/were). 10. Every year, in the middle of summer, smoke from village campfires fills the sky. 11. Storytellers (were/were) surrounded by children and adults who wanted to see magical stories. 1. Obviously, none of the professors are aware that the letter of complaint was associated with them. 2. His brother or parents (have, have) Lata`s address in Mumbai.

3. There, in the middle of the aisle (was, were) my abandoned cart with all the items I wanted to buy. 4. It should be perfectly clear now that we all disagree (do, do) with the motion in its current form. 5. My mother and best friend (have, have) often discussed the convenience of raising children at home. 6. Someone (go, go) (sound, you) computer after work, and I intend to know who it is.. .