Subject-verb Agreement-Test 5-Grammar-Academic Guidance for NMDCAT & NUMS

5| Subject-Verb Agreement (Notes are available at Bookshop)

Set-I

1. She and I along with our parents ______ five miles daily in the morning. 

A) to walk

B) walk

C) walking

D) walks

2. Each one of us  ______ to pay the fee for two months. 

A) have 

B) has

C) having

D) being

3. Most of the students in this class ______ to the elite class. 

A) belonging

B) belongs

C) belong

D) to belong

4. Either you or I _____ there to watch the ceremony. 

A) are

B) be

C) was 

D) were 

5. Under the coat he ____ neither a tie nor a shirt.

A) have

B) being

C) is

D) had 

6. Any question papers if any one _____?

A) have 

B) has 

C) is 

D) are

7. Whatever the question was it ___ understood at once.

A) were

B) has 

C) was

D) are

8. None of them ______ any book.

A) have 

B) has 

C) is 

D) are

9. Does he  _______ any book of mine?

A) have 

B) has 

C) is 

D) are

10. _____ there chairs in the classroom?

A) have 

B) has 

C) is 

D) are

11. There ____ nothing to do but fall on the bed and cry.

A) have 

B) has 

C) was  

D) are

Set - 2

1. Gulliver's Travels _____ one of my children's favourite ____ to read before they fall asleep at night.

A) are ..... books

B) is ..... book 

C) are ..... book

D) is ..... books

2. The captain does not _____ that each one of his twenty students _____ a green shirt for the game. 

A) ensure ..... need wear 

B) ensure ..... needs wearing

C) ensures ..... need wear

D) ensures ..... needs wearing

3. _____ confusion in following the order of placement in the match _____ led to the facing of many failures

A) Many a players have ..... which has 

B) Many players have ..... which has  

C) Many players  have ..... which have

D) Many a player have ..... which has 

4. When culprit _____ the house, he discovered that hidden behind the cupboard _____ a pile of coins. 

A) was being spotting ..... was 

B) were spotting ..... was  

C) was spotting ..... were

D) was spotting ..... was 

5. Some of my colleagues _____ staying home to work for their family's affairs.

A) is going on vacation this summer, but few are 

B) are going on vacation this summer, but few  

C) are going on vacation this summer, but few are

D) are going on vocation this summer, but few is

6. These _____ those games which _____ liked by every Pakistani. 

A) are ..... is 

B) is ..... are 

C) are ..... are 

D) is ..... is

7. When the teacher _____ out of the class, all the children _____ in the class. 

A) were ......... make a noise  

B) was ........ makes a noise   

C) was ........ were making a noise

D) were ....... make noise 

8. All of a sudden, the storm started blowing and all the trees _____ bent down to and fro. 

A) bending down 

B) bent down

C) bends down

D) bended down 

9. My grandfather besides all the members of our family _____ for the new moon.  

A) were waiting for 

B) was waiting for 

C) be waiting for

D) are waiting for  

10. Twenty miles which Mr Hassan covered ____ really a great distance for a man like him who ____ not only old but also ill these days.

A) is ...... was  

B) were ..... is 

C) was ..... being 

D) was ..... is   

11. Most/(A) of the chapter /(B) have been / (C) revised in the class.(D) 

12. Each day/(A) and each hour/(B) bring/ (C) a change/ in the world./(D) 

13. The captain along with/(A) his team /(B) are /(C) practising in the playground since /(D) morning. 

14. Neither /(A) of these candidates have /(B) qualified for /(C) the test./(D) 

15. Half of what /(A) she has told /(B) to me are/(C) an irrelevant answer. /(D)

15. The majority of the people who live in the villages ____ poor in Pakistan. 

A) is
B) are
C) has been
D) none of them option

16. Majid and Kashif ____  best friends in the class.

A) have

B) are

C) is 

D) am 

17. Choose the correct option.

A) Two-thirds of the article has been translated accordingly.

B) Two-third of the article have been translated accordingly.

C) Two-third of the article has been translated accordingly.

D) Two-thirds of the article has being translated accordingly.

18. Choose the correct option.

A) Hardly we had arrived at the stadium when the match started. 

B) Hardly had we arrived at the stadium when the match start.

C) Hardly had we arrived at the stadium when the match started.

D) Hardly had we arrived the stadium when the match started.

19. Choose the correct option.

A) Not until I heard my name I believed I had won the prize.

B) Not until I heard my name I did believe I had won the prize.

C) Not until I heard my name did I believe I had won the prize.

D) Not until I did not hear my name did I believe I had won the prize.

20. Choose the correct option.

A) What I need is to get one hundred and ninety marks out of two ten. 

B) What I need is to get the one-hundred and ninety mark out of two ten.

C) What I need are to get one-hundred and ninety marks out of two ten.

D) What I need is to get one-hundred and ninety marks out of two ten.

21. Choose the correct option:

Three persons were on the panel. None of them ____ women.

A) was

B) were

C) be

D) have

22.  I bought several types of batteries, but none of them ____ the right kind actually.

A) is

B) are

C) be

D) has

Note:

'None' can be both singular and plural based on context, based on what you want to say: 

1. None of the book is worth reading in this library.

2. None of the books are worth reading in this library.

23. Salman despite all my instructions and precautions _____ done against me.

A) have 

B) has

C) being

D) having

Answers to the Worksheet 5

Set-I

1. (B) walk

2. (B) has

3. (C) belong

4. (C) was

5. (D) had

Set-II

1. (D) is ..... books

2. (A) ensure ..... need wear

3. (B) Many students have ..... which has  

4. (D) was spotting ..... was 

5. (C) are going on vacation this summer, but few are

6. (C) are ..... are 

7. (C) was ........ were making a noise

8. (B) bent down

9. (B) was waiting for 

10. (D) was ..... is   

11. (C) has been  

12. (C) brings 

13. (C) is 

14. (B) has  

15. (C) are

16. (B) are

17. (A) 

Two-thirds of the article has been translated accordingly.

18. (C)

Hardly had we arrived at the stadium when the match started.

19. (C)

Not until I heard my name did I believe I had won the prize.

20. (D)

What I need is to get one-hundred and ninety marks out of two ten.

21. (B) were

22. (A) is 

23. (B) has