Instructions: Choose the correct verb that agrees with the subject. Click "Show Answer" to check your response.
Section A: Basic Agreement & Compound Subjects (10 Questions)
1. Each of the students ________ a textbook. (have/has)
Answer: has ("each" is singular)
2. Ram and Shyam ________ coming to the party. (is/are)
Answer: are (and = plural)
3. Neither the teacher nor the students ________ about the test. (knows/know)
Answer: know (match to nearer subject "students" - plural)
4. Bread and butter ________ my favorite breakfast. (is/are)
Answer: is (single idea = singular)
5. Either she or I ________ wrong. (is/am/are)
Answer: am (match to nearer subject "I")
6. Not only the students but also the teacher ________ present. (was/were)
Answer: was (match to second subject "teacher" - singular)
7. My friend and mentor ________ coming today. (is/are)
Answer: is (same person = singular)
8. Every boy and girl ________ a book. (have/has)
Answer: has ("every" makes it singular)
9. The director and producer ________ arrived. (has/have)
Answer: has (same person = singular)
10. The director and the producer ________ arrived. (has/have)
Answer: have (different people = plural)
Section B: Collective Nouns & Indefinite Pronouns (10 Questions)
11. The committee ________ divided in their opinions. (is/are)
Answer: are (committee as individuals = plural)
12. The team ________ playing well. (is/are)
Answer: is (team as unit = singular)
13. The police ________ investigating the case. (is/are)
Answer: are (police = always plural)
14. Physics ________ my favorite subject. (is/are)
Answer: is (subjects ending in -ics = singular)
15. Everyone ________ present. (is/are)
Answer: is (everyone = singular)
16. Some of the cake ________ left. (is/are)
Answer: is (cake = singular)
17. Some of the students ________ absent. (is/are)
Answer: are (students = plural)
18. A number of applicants ________ been selected. (has/have)
Answer: have ("a number of" = plural)
19. The number of students ________ large. (is/are)
Answer: is ("the number of" = singular)
20. Neither of the answers ________ correct. (is/are)
Answer: is ("neither" = singular)
Section C: Tricky Cases & Prepositional Phrases (10 Questions)
21. There ________ many books on the shelf. (is/are)
Answer: are (match to subject after verb "books" - plural)
22. The box of chocolates ________ on the table. (is/are)
Answer: is (subject = "box", ignore "of chocolates")
23. One of the boys ________ tall. (is/are)
Answer: is (subject = "one")
24. Ten dollars ________ a lot of money. (is/are)
Answer: is (amount = singular)
25. "Great Expectations" ________ my favorite novel. (is/are)
Answer: is (title = singular)
26. The United States ________ 50 states. (has/have)
Answer: has (country name = singular)
27. Half of the students ________ present. (is/are)
Answer: are (students = plural)
28. She is one of those who ________ always late. (is/are)
Answer: are (who refers to "those" - plural)
29. She is the only one who ________ late. (is/are)
Answer: is (who refers to "one" - singular)
30. My glasses ________ broken. (is/are)
Answer: are (glasses = plural)
