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Subject–Verb Agreement — GK Questions with Answers

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15 questions
  1. Choose the correct sentence in which the verb agrees with the subject.
    1. The President and the Secretary was arrested.
    2. Patience as well as perseverance are necessary.
    3. Neither he nor his friends has broken the window pane.
    4. The wages of sin is death.
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    Answer: (D) The wages of sin is death.

    Here wages means one reward, so the singular verb is right. The other three all break agreement.

  2. Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?
    1. Neither of the boys has completed their homework.
    2. Neither of the boys has completed his homework.
    3. Neither of the boys have completed their homework.
    4. Neither of the boy has completed their homework.
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    Answer: (B) Neither of the boys has completed his homework.

    Neither of is singular, so the verb is has and the pronoun is his.

  3. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. The Committee have made its decision.
    2. The Committee has made its decision.
    3. The Committee has made their decision.
    4. The Committee have made their decision.
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    Answer: (B) The Committee has made its decision.

    The verb and the pronoun must match: singular verb with its.

  4. Fill in the blank: The hammer and sickle ___ from a tall flagpost.
    1. was flew
    2. has flown
    3. was flying
    4. has flew
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    Answer: (C) was flying

    The hammer and sickle is one emblem, so a singular verb; and the past continuous fits the sense.

  5. Fill in the blank: No person of that name ___ here.
    1. lives
    2. have lived
    3. are living
    4. living
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    Answer: (A) lives

    No person is singular, and the intervening phrase does not change it.

  6. Fill in the blank: Everyone ___ to watch T.V. during the football world cup tournament.
    1. likes
    2. like
    3. was liking
    4. had been liking
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    Answer: (A) likes

    Everyone is always singular.

  7. Fill in the blank: Neither of the two girls ___ married.
    1. is
    2. was
    3. has been
    4. are
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    Answer: (B) was

    Neither of takes a singular verb; the past tense fits the sentence.

  8. Fill in the blank: Neither the Chairman nor the Directors ___ present.
    1. has
    2. are
    3. is
    4. was
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    Answer: (B) are

    By the proximity rule the verb agrees with Directors, which is nearest and plural.

  9. Fill in the blank: The ship, with its crew, ___ lost.
    1. have
    2. am
    3. had
    4. was
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    Answer: (D) was

    The phrase with its crew does not change the subject, which is the ship.

  10. Fill in the blank: Much of their glory ___ faded away.
    1. are
    2. were
    3. has
    4. have
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    Answer: (C) has

    Much of + an uncountable noun takes a singular verb.

  1. Fill in the blank: Either you or she ___ presenting a paper.
    1. is
    2. is to
    3. are
    4. is being
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    Answer: (A) is

    The verb agrees with she, the nearest subject.

  2. Fill in the blank: My dues of seven thousand rupees ___ to him.
    1. have paid
    2. had paid
    3. been paid
    4. has been paid
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    Answer: (D) has been paid

    Dues here is treated as one amount owed, so the singular passive is used.

  3. Which sentence is correct?
    1. Mathematics are a difficult subject.
    2. Mathematics is a difficult subject.
    3. The news are good.
    4. Billiards are my favourite game.
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    Answer: (B) Mathematics is a difficult subject.

    Subjects of study, news and games such as billiards all take singular verbs.

  4. Fill in the blank: The police ___ arrested the thief.
    1. has
    2. have
    3. is
    4. was
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    Answer: (B) have

    Police looks singular but is plural in English.

  5. Fill in the blank: This is one of the books that ___ worth reading.
    1. is
    2. are
    3. was
    4. has been
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    Answer: (B) are

    That refers back to books, not to one, so the verb is plural.

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