Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
1. Sita as well as her sister ……………………….. there. (was / were)
2. The bunch of roses …………………………… beautiful. (look / looks)
3. The poet and singer ………………………….. always very punctual. (is / are)
4. The poet and the singer ……………………………. agreed to come. (has / have)
5. The boy along with his sister …………………………….. (was / were) going to school.
6. Neither Vikram nor his friends ………………………………. Interested in the programme. (seem / seems)
7. Mohit as well as his family …………………………… always ready to help. (is / are)
8. Either Jani or Sita …………………………………. (has / have) to go.
9. Both Seema and Nita …………………………….. gone to school. (has / have)
10. There ………………………… five pens in this box. (are / is)
11. There …………………………. No water in the bottle. (is / are)
12. Nobody …………………………….. how hard it is to get the first rank. (know / knows)
13. The lady with six cats ……………………………. In the next house. (live / lives)
14. Either my father or my mother …………………………….. me to school every day. (take / takes)
15. Anita as well as her brother ………………………… the piano very well. (play / plays)
Answers
2- look
3- are
4- have
5- were
6- seems
7- are
8- has/have
9- have
10- are
11- is
12- knows
13- lives
14- takes
15 plays
Answer:
1. Was
2. looks
3. is
4. have
5. was
6. seem
7. is
8. has
9. have
10. are
11. is
12. knows
13. lives
14. takes
15. plays
Explanation:
All these questions are related to singularity and plurality of subject and verb.
1. "As well as" is used to denote the presence of singularity. so, we'll use 'use' here.
2. Bunch of roses is a singular subject. therefore, *looks* is the correct answer.
3. "The poet and singer" tells us that both poet and singer are the same person. So, 'is' has to be the correct option.
4. "The poet and the singer" denotes the presence of two subjects. Hence, 'have' is correct choice.
5. "Along with" is used to tell about singular subject. So, 'was' is correct option.
6. The subject is in plural form, so 'seem' is correct option.
7. Due to the presence of singular subject, 'is' has to be considered as the correct choice.
8. "Either" acts as using one of the two subjects to do the verb. So, the correct option is 'has'.
9. "Both Seema and Nita", here the statement tells us about two subjects, So, we have to use plural verb. Hence, correct option is 'have'.
10. The subject is in plural form(5 pens). Therefore, plural verb among both the options is 'are'.
11. "Water" is singular and only singular verb comes after singular subject. So, the correct option is 'is'.
12. After "Nobody", only singular verb should be used. So, correct option is 'knows'.
13. "with" is a singularity indicator. And the singular verb among both options is 'lives'.
14. "Either" is used to talk about any one subjects of the mentioned two. So, the subject is singular. Hence, the correct singular verb is 'takes'.
15. This is same as the first question.
"as well as" is used to denote singularity. And we can only use singular verb in the sentence. So, the correct option is 'plays'.