subjects & verbs agreement exercises (keys)

subjects & verbs agreement exercises (keys)

SUBJECTS & VERBS AGREEMENT

Practice exercises

Choose the best answer :

1 Tom with dog _ here now

a is b are c was d were

2 Tom as well as his dog _ here now

3 My old friends and colleague, John, _ married

a has just got b have just got c just has got d just have got

4 The singer and actor _ coming now

5 The singer and the actor _ coming now

6 Mathematics _ difficult

7 Two billion dollars _ not enough for the victims of the tsunami

8 Three years in a strange land _ like a long time for lonely people

a is seeming b are seeing c seems d seemed

9 The film "Titanic" _ very interesting

10 Cattle allowed graze here now

11 Every student willing to join the picnic now

12 The number of students in creasing now

13 A number of students playing table - tennis now

14 Physics my favourite subject.

15 The boy, with his two companions, the cherry tree now

a has split b have split c is slitting d are splitting

16 The writer and poet going to preside over this meeting

a are b is c have been going d is to

17 Neither the mother nor the children aware of the danger

18 If anyone , tell him I'll be back later

a was calling b called c call d calls

19 Each of the boys a book now

20 Two-thirds of the money mine now

21 About 60% of students in this class from China

22 A number of sheep eating grass now

23 The number of books in this library large

24 Either you or I wrong

25 Neither my gloves nor my hat with this dress

a is going b are going c goes d go

26 The poor living her help

a is needing b are needing c need d needs

27 Several of the students absent yesterday

a has been b had been c were d was

28 The professor said that Vietnam to South-East Asia

a has belonged b has belonged c belonged d belongs

29 He he had read that story - book before

a told b has told c had told d said

30 His choice of words very good

31 Anybody who my keys will be given a candy

a find b finds c are finding d found

32 John, as well as I, a student

33 Not only John but his brothers also in debt

34 Local news on TV every night at 5:30

35 A number of sheep died from a strange illness