SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Exercise

1.      Five plus five ------ ten.

2.      Five minus five ------ zero

3.      Five times five ------ twenty-five.

4.      Ill news (run/runs) fast.

5.      Mathematics (is/are) my favourite subject.

6.      Politics (is / are) a dirty thing.

7.      Cattle (are / is) grazing in the field.

8.      The peasantry of our country (are/ is) poor.

9.      The gentry of our society (were/ was) present in the meeting.

10.  The people (was /were) running to and fro.

11.  The aristocracy (have/ has) lost their influence.

12.  A pair of shoes (are /is) bought by him.

13.   One dozen of the apples (is /are) enough for us.

14.  A hundred of taka (is /are) needed to buy the book.

15.  A thousand of taka (is /are) not a big amount.

16.  Twenty miles (are /is) a long distance.

17.  Fifty kilos are is a heavy weight.

18.  Thirty years (is /are) a long time.

19.  One million dollars (are /is) a good amount of money.

20.  Everybody (loves /love) an honest man.

21.  Something (are /is) better than nothing.

22.  Nobody (believes /believe) a liar.

23.  Everyone (is /are) eager to go home.

24.  Someone (have has) called you there.

25.  Many a man (were /was) present there.

26.  A great many men (was / were) present there.

27.  More than one man (were /was) present there.

28.  More than two men (was/ were) present there.

29.  It (were/ was) you who did this.

30.  It (are /is) hose books that I want.

31.  I am the boy who (help/ helps) the poor.

32.  You are the person who (speak/ speaks) ill of others.

33.  This is the book that (have/ has) been lost.

34.  It is I who (are /am) to blam.

35.  I, who (are/ am) your friend will guard your interests.

36.  He is one of the best boys that (has /have) read in the school.

37.  Each of the boys (are/ is) cleaver.

38.  One of my friends (have /has) come just now.

39.  The quality of the mangoes (were/was).

40.  Sabina is one of the girls who (dance/ dances) well.

41.  Neither of my uncles (are/ is) married.

42.  I along with my friends (were /was) present in the meeting.

43.  She together with her classmates (intend/ intends) to go on a picnic.

44.   To tell lies (is /are) a great sin.

45.  Telling lies (are/ is) a great sin.

46.  The reading of history (give /gives) one knowledge.

47.  The normal function of the liver (are/ is) to clean the body of its poison.

48.  The United Arab Emirates (are /is) a rich country.

49.  The rich (is /are) not happy.

50.  The poor (is /are) born to suffer.

51.  The quality of the mangoes was/were not good.

52.  The introduction of tea and coffee and such other beverages (has /have) not been without some effect.

53.  His knowledge of Indian vernaculars (is /are) far beyond the common.

54.  The results of the recognition of this fact (are /is) seen in the gradual improvement of the diet of the poor.

55.  Gold and silver (are /is) precious metals.

56.  Fire and water (do /does) not agree.

57.  Knowledge and wisdom (have /has) pft-time no connection.

58.  (Are /is) you father and mother at home?

59.  In (were/ was) centered their love and ambition.

60.  He and I (were /was) playing.

61.   Time and tide (waits /wait) for no man.

62.  The horse and carriage (is /are) at the door.

63.  Bread and butter (is /are) his only food.

64.  Honour and glory (is/ are) his reward.

65.  The rise and fall of the tide (is/ are) due to lunar influence.

66.  My friend and benefactor (has /have) come.

67.  The novelist and poet (is /are) dead.

68.  The house, with its contents, (was /were) insured.

69.  The Mayor, with his councilors, (is /are) to be present.

70.  The ship, with its crew, (was /were) lost.

71.  Silver, as well as cotton, (has /have) fallen in price.

72.  Sanskrit, as well as Arabic, (was /were) taught there.

73.  Justice, as well as mercy, (allows /allow) it.

74.  The guidance, as well as the love of a mother, (was /were) wanting.

75.  No nook or corner (was /were) left unexplored.

76.  Our happiness or our sorrow (is /are) largely due to our own actions.

77.  Either the cat or the dog (has /have) been here

78.  Neither food nor water (was /were) to be found there.

79.  Neither praise nor blame (seems /seem) of affect him.

80.  Either he or I (am /is) mistaken.

81.  Either you or he (is /are) mistaken.

82.  Neither he nor he (is /are) to blame.

83.  Neither my friend not I (am /is) to blame.

84.  He (is/ are) mistaken, or else I am.

85.  You (are /is) mistaken, or else he (is /are).

86.  He (is/ are) neither to blame, nor (are /is) you.

87.  My friend is not to blame, nor (am /is) I.

88.     He asked me whether either of the applicants (was/ were) suitable.

89.  Each of these substances (is /are) found in India.

90.  Every one of the prisons (is /are) full.

91.  Every one of the boys (loves /love) to ride.

92.  Many a man (has /have) done so.

93.  Many a man (does /do) not know his own good deeds.

94.  Many a man (has /have) succumbed to this temptation.

95.  Every boy and every girl (was /were) given a packet of sweets.

96.  Politics (was /were) with him the business of his life.

97.  The wage of sin (is /are) death.

98.  Mathematics (is /are) a branch of the study in every school.

99.  Great pains (have/ has) been taken.

100.                      Much pains (has /have) been taken.

101.                      All possible means (have/ has) been tried.

102.                      The means employed by you (is /are) sufficient.

103.                      None (are /is) so deaf as those who will not hear.

104.                      The committee (has /have) issued its report.

105.                      The committee (are/ is) divided in one mirror point.

106.                       The committee (has/ have) appended a note to its report.

107.                      The Arabian Night (is /are) still great favorite.

108.                      Fifteen minutes (is /are) allowed to each speaker.

109.                      Ten kilometers (is/ are) a long walk.

110.                      Plutarch lives (is /are) an interesting book.