Question

Question 2. Supply a verb in the blanks in agreement with its subject.
(a) No news ……………………. good news.
(b) The girl and the boy ……………………. disappeared.
(c) One-third of the town ……………………. flooded.
(d) “The Three Idiots” ……………………. directed by Raju Hirani.
(e) Bhagwan Das, the writer, and the poet, ……………………. passed away.
(f) Saffron, white and green ……………………. the colours of the Indian flag.
(g) Chicken and cheese ……………………. my favourite breakfast.
(h) The crew ……………………. forced to get off the plane.
(i) The ship, with its crew, ……………………. not traceable.
(j) Nobody agreed. There ……………………. many objections to the proposal

Answer 1

a) is

b) have

c) has

d) is

e) had

f) are

g) are

h) has

i) is

j) are

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

(a) No news is good news.

(b) The girl and the boy had disappeared.

(c) One-third of the town was flooded.

(d) “The Three Idiots was directed by Raju Hirani.

(e) Bhagwan Das, the writer, and the poet,  had passed away.

(f) Saffron, white and green  are the colours of the Indian

(g) Chicken and cheese is my favourite breakfast.

(h) The crew were forced to get off the plane.

(i) The ship, with its crew, are not traceable.

(j) Nobody agreed. There were many objections to the proposal