Question

Write the correct form of the verb 1.Most of the milk __(has,have)gone bad,six gallons of milk __(is,are) still in the refrigerator. 2.Each student is the building__(hope,hopes)for a new facility by next year. 3.Politics __ (is,are) sometimes a dirty business. 4.The price of these jeans( is ,are) reasonable. 5.The books borrowed from the library (is,are) on my desk. 6.The boy who won the two medals ( is ,are) a friend of mine. 7.The quality of candies ( is,are) poor. 8.collecting match boxes (is,are) on my favorite pastime. 9.You should decided which one of the three choices A,B and C best ( answer, answers) 10.one of my book (has, have) been missing.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. has
2. hopes
3. is
4. is
5. are
6. is
7. is
8. is
9. answers
10. has

Explanation:

Answer 2

ANSWER

• Most of the milk have gone bad.

• Six gallons of milk are still in the refrigerator

• Each student in the building hopes for a new new facility.

• Politics is sometimes a Dirty Business.

• The price of these jeans is reasonable.

• The Books borrowed from the Library are on my Desk.

• The boy who won the two medals is a friend of mine.

• The quality of candles is Poor

• Collecting match boxes is my favourite pastime

• One of my book has been missing.

MORE TO KNOW:-

• Often, by what is called the 'Error of Proximity', the verb is made to agree with the subject which is nears to it rather than to its proper Subject. Example-1: The quality of the mangoes were not good. In this sentence, the verb is 'were' whereas the proper Subject is the quality of the Mangoes.

• The verb must agree with the Subject when the Subject is the combination of two or more nouns or pronouns joined by ‘and’.
• Example-1:

• Fire and water does not agree.

In this sentence, the subject is ‘Fire and water’ which is plural in form.

But the sentence uses the verb ‘does’ which treats only the noun ‘water’ as the Subject.

So the correct sentence is:

• Fire and water do not agree.

• When the Subject is formed by the conjunctions such as ‘with’ as well as, along with etc…’ the verb should be in singular form.

• Two singular Subjects connected by ‘or’ or ‘nor’ require a singular verb.

• The words ‘many, neither, many a, each, everyone, every etc..’ require only singular verbs.

• When the Subjects, joined by ‘or’ or ‘nor’, the verb agrees with the Subject which is near to the verb.