Subject Verb Concord Practice Questions

Solved Exercise -2

Q. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Subject-Verb Concord from the options given below.

1. Few students ………………… present in the class today.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) have
(d) had

2. Sohan as well as his brother ………………… come.
(a) have
(b) is
(c) was
(d) has

3. Neither of the students ………………… absent.
(a) was
(b) were
(c) had
(d) have

4. The committee ………………… meeting tomorrow.
(a) were
(b) is
(c) are
(d) had

5. The novelist and poet ………………… dead.
(a) were
(b) is
(c) are
(d) have

6. The level of intoxication ………………… from subject to subject.
(a) vary
(b) varying
(c) varies
(d) was varying

7. Either boys or girls ………………… telling lies.
(a) are
(b) is
(c) have
(d) having

8. Two thousand rupees ………………… not a small sum.
(a) are
(b) is
(c) were
(d) has

9. A group of boys ………………… playing in the ground.
(a) were
(b) was
(c) are
(d) have

10. A number of people ………………… reported to be missing in the train accident.
(a) was
(b) have
(c) were
(d) has

Answers:

1. (b) are

2. (d) has

3. (a) was

4. (b) is

5. (b) is

6. (c) varies

7. (a) are

8. (b) is

9. (b) was

10. (c) were