Subject-Verb Agreement MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Subject-Verb Agreement - Download Free PDF

Key Points

• The primary issue in the sentence is the form of the verb "goes" in Option 1.
• In the context of the sentence, the subject "I" requires the base form of the verb without an "s" at the end.
• Option 2, "Go," is the correct form that matches the subject "I".
• Options 3 and 4 ("Will go" and "Have go") are not suitable in this present habitual action context.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "Goes" – Incorrect because "I" requires the base verb form without "s".
• Option 3: "Will go" – Incorrect because it suggests a future action, not a habitual present action.
• Option 4: "Have go" – Incorrect because it is grammatically incorrect in this context.

Key Points

• The sentence "Anna and Mike __________ going for skiing" requires a form of the verb "to be" to complete the present continuous tense.
• "Are" is the correct form of the verb "to be" for the plural subject "Anna and Mike."
• Option 1, "May," is a modal verb that expresses possibility, not suitable in this context.
• Option 2, "Is," is the singular form of the verb "to be" and does not agree with the plural subject.
• Option 3, "Will," is used to form the future tense, not the present continuous tense.

Additional Information

• Are is used with plural nouns and pronouns to form the present continuous tense.
• Present continuous tense (also known as present progressive tense) is used for actions that are happening at the moment of speaking.

Key Points

• The primary issue in the sentence is the use of the correct form of the verb "to be" to match the subject "I".
• "I" is a singular subject and requires the verb "am" to be grammatically correct.
• The correct phrase should be "I am exercising in the park," ensuring grammatical correctness and clarity.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "were" – This form is incorrect because "were" is used with plural subjects or with "you" in the past tense.
• Option 2: "is" – This form is incorrect because "is" is used with third person singular subjects (he, she, it).
• Option 3: "are" – This form is incorrect because "are" is used with plural subjects or with "you".

The correct answer is: knows.

Key Points

• The subject of the sentence is "Either" which is singular.
• "Either" is always followed by a singular verb.
  • For example: Either of the boys is coming.
• When the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular to maintain subject-verb agreement.
• The correct singular form of the verb "know" is "knows."

Correct sentence: Either of them knows English.

Additional Information

• Subject-Verb Agreement:
  • Rule: Singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural subjects take plural verbs.
  • Example: She writes (singular) vs. They write (plural).
  • Usage: Ensures that sentences are grammatically correct and clear.

Key Points

• The noun "furniture" is considered a singular, uncountable noun.
• Because "furniture" is singular, the verb should agree with a singular subject, which means using "looks."
• Options 1, 2, and 4 are grammatically incorrect because they do not match the singular subject "furniture."

Additional Information

• Option 1: "look" is incorrect because "look" is used with plural subjects.
• Option 2: "have looked" is incorrect because "have" is used with plural subjects and past participle form, which does not fit the present tense context.
• Option 4: "are looked" is incorrect because it is not a correct construction in English grammar.

The correct answer is- is.

Key Points

• ​In a sentence, the verb is used according to person and number.
• ​If the main subject is followed by the following words/phrases, the verb will conform to the 1st subject:
  • As well as, and not, in addition to, with/along with/together with, like/unlike, except, nothing but, etc.​​
• Example:
  • ​Bittu, as well as his friends, are playing Cricket.
  • ​Bittu, as well as his friends, is playing Cricket.
• In the blank part of the given question, 'is' will be used as per the rule given above.
   

Correct Sentence: Ram as well as his brothers is coming today.

Mistake Points 

• ​​​​The verb 'were/are' seems correct due to the noun 'brothers' but the actual subject in the given sentence is 'Ram'.

The correct answer is "disturb". 

Key Points

• The sentence refers to "one of the matters," implying that there are multiple matters being considered.
• This setup requires a verb that matches "matters" in a plural form because it's the "matters" that do the action indirectly.
• The correct grammatical structure in this context is "that disturb," as "that" refers back to "matters," which is plural.
• Therefore, the verb should also be in its plural form, aligning with subject-verb agreement rules.
• "Disturb," correctly matches the plurality of "matters" without any tense issues, making it the appropriate fit for this sentence.
• It implies that there are multiple matters that have the capacity to disturb.
• Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 3". 

Additional Information

• "Has disturb" is grammatically incorrect because "has" is a singular auxiliary verb, but "matters" is plural.
  • Additionally, "has" should be followed by a past participle verb form (disturbed), not the base form.
• "Are disturbing" changes the meaning to a continuous action being carried out by the matters presently, which doesn’t fit the structure "one of the matters that..."
• "Is disturbed" is incorrect as it changes the subject of the verb to "one," implying it is the "one" that is being disturbed rather than the "matters" doing the disturbing, and grammatically, it would not use "is disturbed" in this context anyway.

The correct answer is 'has'. 

Key Points

• The most appropriate answer for the given fill in blank is 'has'. 
• 'Each, every, everyone, someone, somebody, nobody, none, one, any, many a, more than one' are singular in meaning.
• Therefore, after them 'singular verb, singular noun, singular adjective, and a singular pronoun' is used. 
  • Example: 
    • Each student have come. 
    • Each student has come. 
• ​​Hence, the correct answer is Option 1.
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Thus, the complete sentence is: Everyone in the family has been questioned about the theft. 

• We tend to mark Option 4 but it would be wrong because 'been' is not with helping verb 'is'. 
• Therefore, the correct answer is Option 1.

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. "is".

Key Points

• As the rule says that when a plural noun denotes a specific sum, distance, quantity, time, or period as a whole, it takes a singular verb with it.
  • Example- Two thousand rupees was a large amount fifty years ago.
• Similarly, in the given sentence, helping verb "is" will be used with "Fifty miles".
• Hence, option 2 is correct. 

Correct Sentence- Fifty miles is a long distance.

Additional Information

• Concerned topic- Subject- Verb- Agreement
• Definition- Nouns are the name of a person, place, or a thing together with other words such as determines or adjectives, they form noun phrases that act as objects, subjects, and complements in sentences.
   

Mistake Points

• A four-mile race are hard task to do.
• I gave her a fifty rupees note.
• I gave him a bouquet of flowers.
• I need a ten-day tour.

The correct answer is 'was.'

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the noun subject 'President' is a singular subject.
• We know that a singular subject always takes a singular verb.
• From the given options, only the third option 'was' is the first and third-person singular past verb.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Complete Sentence: The President of the United States, accompanied by his advisors, was en route to Europe.

Additional Information

• Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number (singular or plural).
• If a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is a plural, its verb must also be plural.

The correct answer is 'is'.

Key Points 

• The given blank needs a linking verb.
• To select the correct linking verb from the given options we first need to understand the noun in the given sentence. 
• 'My friend, a philosopher and guide' represents the same person and hence is a singular noun.
• To maintain subject-verb agreement we need to use a singular linking verb in the given blank. 
• Hence, the most appropriate option for the given blank is the singular linking verb 'is'. 
• So, option 2 is the correct answer. 
   

Complete sentence - My friend, a philosopher and guide is going abroad.

The correct answer is 'has, shall not appreciate.'

Key Points

• "Unless" means the same as "if...not."
• "Unless" is followed by a present tense, a past tense, or a past perfect tense (never by a conditional).
• Therefore, for the first blank, the subject "she" is a singular pronoun, "has" is the correct answer.
• "Will, would, and shall" are always followed by the base form of the verb.
• "Unless" is a conditional word, so we don’t use "will or would" in the subordinate clause.
• So the options "will, would not appreciating", "have, shall not appreciate" and "shall, will not appreciated" are grammatically incorrect and can be ruled out.
• Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4.
   

Correct sentence: Unless she has done the work to my standards, I shall not appreciate her.

The correct solution is 'has completed'.

Key Points

•  In any given sentence, the subject has to agree with the verb in terms of its number. 
• If the subject is singular, the verb would also be singular and so on.
• Even the words and phrases 'each', 'each one', 'either', 'neither', 'everyone', 'anyone', 'anybody', 'somebody', 'someone' and 'no one' are singuar and require a singular verb. 
• The sentence given above also starts with each so "has completed' would be the appropriate answer as it also indicates possession.
• Hence, the correct answer is Option 3. 

The correct answer is "plays."

Key Points   

• Prepositional phrases such as with, together with, along with, as well as are not part of the subject and, therefore, have no effect on the form of the verb.
• The verb needs to agree in number only with the subject of the sentence.
  • Example: Mr. Ram, along with his wife Sita and brother, was banished to the forest.
• ​Here, the subject is "Mother" which is a singular subject, so according to Subject-Verb agreement, we have to use a singular verb/helping verb with it.
• Now, since the given sentence shows a habitual action so it must be in the Simple Present Tense.
• Let us explore the given options:
  • Has played: Present Perfect Tense
  • Have playing: Incorrect structure
  • Play: Simple Present Tense (For plural subject)
  • Plays: Simple Present Tense (For singular subject)
• So, the correct answer is Option 4.

​​Correct sentence: The mother, along with her daughter, plays tennis on Sundays.

The correct answer is "is."

Key Points

• "Subject verb agreement" means that a singular subject (He, Raj, star) takes a singular verb (is, goes, shines), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb.
• In the given sentence, there are two nouns i.e. "Fish" and "rice."
• "Fish" is a singular noun whereas "rice" is a mass noun, it has no plural form.
• If two nouns with 'and' between them are both singular and represent a single person or thing, we'll use ‘is'.
• Thus, from the above explanation, it is clear that the correct verb to use in the blank is "is."
• The correct sentence will be: Fish and rice is a staple diet.

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.