Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in the brackets:
(i) Truth and honesty......................the best policy (is/are)
(ii) Pooja, Rani and Mona....................good friends (is/are)
(iii) Smoking and drinking....................injurious to health (is/are)
(iv) Each of the boys..........................given a book (have been/has been)
(v) A committee....................been appointed to study the situation (has/have)
(vi) The jury...............divided in their opinions (is / are)
(vii) Measles......................a serious disease (is/are)
(viii) Seventy rupees....................enough for this work (is/are)
(ix) A bunch of keys................been lost (has/have)
(x) The rest of the books ................published (was/were)
Answers
Answer:
1.is
2.are
3.is
4.has been
5.has
6.is
7.is
8.are
9.has
10.were
The answers are:
(i) Truth and honesty are the best policy.
(ii) Pooja, Rani and Mona are good friends.
(iii) Smoking and drinking are injurious to health.
(iv) Each of the boys have been given a book.
(v) A committee has been appointed to study the situation.
(vi) The jury is divided in their opinions.
(vii) Measles is a serious disease.
(viii) Seventy rupees is enough for this work.
(ix) A bunch of keys has been lost.
(x) The rest of the books were published.
1. In the following sentences, we have used different forms of verbs. When the subject is singular, the verb should also be singular. When the subject is plural, the verb should also be plural.
2. When a sentence contains a collective noun such as a jury, committee, etc, the verb used is singular.
3. When the subject contains two or more nouns, the verb used is plural.
4. If the noun is singular and countable, the verb used is usually singular.