Question

in each of the following sentences supply a verb in agreement with the subject.

1)the cost of all these articles..........risen.
2)the jury ....divided in their opinions.
3)that night every one of the boat's crew ........down with fever.
4)one or the other of those fellows ....... stolen the watch.
5)the strain of all the difficulties and vexations and anxieties ........more than he could bear.
6)no news........good news/7)the accountant and the cashier.........absconded.
8)a good man and useful citizen........ passed away.
9)the famous juggler and conjurer ........ too unwell to perform.
10)the three musketeers........written by dumas.
11)each of the suspected men ........arrested.
12) the ebb and flow of the tides ........explained by newton.13)ninety ruppes...... too much for this bag.
14)the cow as well as the horse .......on grass.
15)neither his father nor his mother.........alive.
16)there ........many objections to the plan.
17) two thirds of the city..... in ruins.
18)the formation of paragraphs .........very important.
19)man's happiness or misery .......in a great measure in his own hands.​

Answer 1

Answer:

is

has

was

was

has

was

is

were

had

were

is/was..

were

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. has

2. was

3. was

4. has

5. was

6. is

7. were

8. has

9. is

10. was

11. was

12. was

13. is

14. are

15. is

16. are

17. is

18. is

19. is

Subject-verb Agreement

• Subject-verb Agreement refers to a chapter that focuses on the correct usage of verbs based on the singular and plural subjects.

• A singular subject takes a singular verb. All sentences having 'either-or,' 'neither nor,' 'or,' 'each,' 'everyone,' and 'someone' should take a singular verb.

• A plural subject takes a plural verb. When two individual persons are mentioned, it takes a plural verb.

• A collective noun takes a singular verb. It is because a collective noun is a single entity.