GRAMMAR - CONCORD
Choose the correct answer:
1. My friend and his father ........ (is/are) meeting us tomorrow.
2. One of the students
......... (is/was) talking.
3. A crowd of people
........ (rushes/rush) into the hall.
4. Everyone except Sathish
........ (was/is) present.
5. Everybody........( has/have) helped her.
6. Either they or he .......... (is/was) telling a lie.
7. Our family.......... (has/have) decided to visit Shimla this summer.
8. The novelist and poet .......... (iswas) dead,
9. Bread and butter ...........
(was/were) served for breakfast.
10. The horse and carriage
****... (is/was) at the door.
11. My brother (want/wants) to be an astronaut.
12. My parents
(are/is) teachers.
13. Politics ...... (is/was) not something I am interested in.
14. The cost of essential commodities ......(has/have)gone up.
15. Her clothes ..........(is/are) made of expensive fabrics.
16. Either Manu or I ........ (have /has) to go.
17. Neither Mala nor her parents (was/were ) at the party,
18. Nobody ....... (knows/know) what happened to her.
19. Ravi as well as his brother ............ (plays/play) cricket.
20. Everybody ..... (respect/respects) a man or integrity.
Answers
Answer:
1) is
2) was/is
3) rushed
4) was/is
5) has
6) is/was
7) has
8) is/was
9) was
10) is/was
11) want
12) are
13) is
14) has
15) are
16) have
17) were
18) knows
19) plays
20) respects
1. are
2. is/was
3. rush
4. is/was
5. has
6. is/was
7. has
8. is/was
9. were
10. is
11. wants
12. are
13. is
14. has
15. are
16. have
17. were
18. knows
19. play
20. respects
The sentences will be framed as such:
1. My friend and his father are meeting us tomorrow.
2. One of the students was talking.
3. A crowd of people rushes into the hall.
4. Everyone except Sathish was/is present.
5. Everybody has helped her.
6. Either they or he is/was telling a lie.
7. Our family has decided to visit Shimla this summer.
8. The novelist and poet is dead,
9. Bread and butter were served for breakfast.
10. The horse and carriage is/was at the door.
11. My brother wants to be an astronaut.
12. My parents are teachers.
13. Politics is not something I am interested in.
14. The cost of essential commodities has gone up.
15. Her clothes are made of expensive fabrics.
16. Either Manu or I have to go.
17. Neither Mala nor her parents were at the party,
18. Nobody knows what happened to her.
19. Ravi as well as his brother play cricket.
20. Everybody respects a man of integrity.