Syntax ( Subject - Verb Agreement)
SET 1
1. This __________ a ball. ( am/is/are)
2. That __________ a ball. ( am/is/are)
3. This ___________ a pen. ( am/is/are)
4. That ___________ a pen. ( am/is/are)
5. These ___________ balls.( am/is/are)
6. Those ___________ balls. ( am/is/are)
7. These ___________ pens. ( am/is/are)
8. Those ___________ cars. ( am/is/are)
9. There ___________ a pen in my bag. ( am/is/are)
10. There ____________ two pens in my bag. ( am/is/are)
11. There ____________ many pens in my bag. ( am/is/are)
12. There ____________ a few pens in my bag. ( am/is/are)
13. I _____________ a good boy. ( am/is/are)
14. You ____________ a good boy. ( am/is/are)
15. He ___________ a good boy. ( am/is/are)
16. She ___________ a good girl. ( am/is/are)
17. We ____________ good boys. ( am/is/are)
18. They ___________ good boys. ( am/is/are)
19. It __________ a pen. ( am/is/are)
20. The boy ___________ a student. ( am/is/are)
21. The boys ____________ students. ( am/is/are)
22. Ram ____________ a good boy. ( am/is/are)
23. Rabi ___________ a good boy. ( am/is/are)
24. I _____________ a pen. ( have/has)
25. We ________ a car. ( have/has)
26. You __________ a pen. ( have/has)
27. He ___________ a bag. ( have/has)
28. She ___________ a piano. ( have/has)
29. They ___________ a hotel. ( have/has)
30. It __________ a tail. ( have/has)
31. The boy __________ a cycle. ( have/has)
32. The girl ____________ a make up box. ( have/has)
33. The boys ____________ a football. ( have/has)
34. Rahul __________ an umbrella. ( have/has)
35. Ram and Rabi ___________ good boys. ( am/is/are)
36. Ram and not Rabi __________ a good boy. ( am/is/are)
37. Both Ram and Rabi ____________ a good boys. ( am/is/are)
38. Ram as well as Rabi ____________ a good boy. ( be)
39. Ram along with Rabi _____________ going to school.( be)
40. Not only Ram but also Rabi ___________ going to school. ( be)
41. Neither Ram nor Rabi ____________ a good boy. ( be)
42. Either Ram or Rabi ____________ a good boy. ( be)
43. One of the apples ____________ good. ( be)
44. Two of the apples ___________ good. ( be)
45. A few of the apples ____________ good. ( be)
46. Many of the apples _____________ good. ( be)
47. A lot of the apples ___________ good ( be)
48. Half of the apples ___________ good. ( be)
49. One-third of the apples _____________ good. ( be)
50. Two-thirds of the apples ___________ good. ( be)
51. One-third of the apple ___________ good. ( be)
52. Two-thirds of the apple ___________ good. ( be)
53. To err _____________ human. ( be)
54. To forgive ______________ divine. ( be)
55. A little water ______________ needed. ( be)
56. Ram as well as his friends __________ going to school. ( be)
57. Robi along with his parents ____________ picking flowers. ( be)
58. The boys as well as Sita ___________ singing song. ( be)
59. The girls along with their mother _________ singing beautifully. ( be)
60. The boys as well as the girls ____________ going to school. ( be)
61. The girls along with their guardians ____________ eating rice. ( be)
62. Not only Ram but also the girls _____________ going to the school. ( be)
63. Not only the boys but also Sita _____________ singing song. ( be)
64. Not only the boys but also the girls _____________ good. ( be)
65. The boys and not the girl _______________ making noise. ( be)
66. The student and not the guardians _____________ in the school. ( be)
67. The girls and not the boys _____________ intelligent. ( be)
68. Bread and butter ______________ my favourite food. ( be)
69. Cheese and pepperoni ______________ my favourite food. ( be)
70. Rice and curry ______________ my favourite food. ( be)
71. Seven Dwarfs ______________ a good film. ( be)
72. The captain and manager ______________ coming. ( be)
73. The captain and the manager ______________ coming. ( be)
74. Ten miles ______________ not a long distance. ( be)
75. I wish I _____________ ( was/ were) a bird. ( be)
76. A hundred rupees ______________ too much for this item. ( be)
77. No news ______________ good news. ( be)
78. Sixty minutes ______________ ( make/ makes) an hour. ( be)
79. No members _______________ ( was/were) present. ( be)
80. Five hundred rupees ______________ a big sum. ( be)
81. Nobody _______________ ( was/were) absent today. ( be)
82. The Headmaster and Secretary of the school ________________ coming. ( be)
83. Twenty rupees ________________ enough for a meal in the hotel. ( be)
84. Every man, woman and child ________________ rescued. ( be)
85. The accountant and the cashier _______________ ( has/have) absconded.
86. The ship with its crew _______________ ( was/ were) delayed.
87. The President and the Secretary _____________ ( have/ has) arrived.
88. Everyone ________________ ( be) present today in the class.
89. The cattle ______________ grazing near the river. ( be)
90. The horse and carriage _______________ waiting at the door now. ( be)
91. Cyprus and Sicily ______________ not in Asia. ( be)
92. Each of the girls _______________ ( has/have) arrived.
93. The great poet and novelist ___________ dead. ( be)
94. Honesty _______________ the best policy. ( be)
95. All of the boys ______________ making noise. ( be)
96. Swimming _____________ a good exercise. ( be)
97. That he is ill ____________ known to all. ( be)
98. Success at any cost _____________ his aim. ( be)
99. What he says _____________ not right. ( be)
100. Fifty rupees ____________ enough for me. ( be)
101. Twice two _____________ four.* ( be)
102. Five times five ____________ twenty-five.* ( be)
103. The United States of America ___________ a powerful nation. ( be)
104. Bread and milk ___________________ his only food. ( be)
105. Drinking and driving ________________ the major cause of accidents. ( be)
106. Each man and each woman ________________ ( get/ gets) a rupee.
107. No friend and no relative _________________ ( care/ cares) for me.
108. Two pens only, and no book, ________________ required. ( be)
109. A friend, and not a foe, ________________ ( greet/ greets) you.
110. Rahul, with his friends, ________________ ( was/were) invited.
111. Rakesh, together with his parents, _______________ going to the Zoo. ( be)
112. I , with my brother, _______________ to go. ( be)
113. Rahul or Rakesh ________________ ( has/have) to go there.
114. You, he and I _________________ ( has/have) been rewarded.
115. I, he and you ________________ guilty. ( be)
116. I am the man who ______________ ( help/ helps) you.
117. It is I who ______________ ( have/ has) made the house.
118. It is they who _________________ ( teach/ teaches) the poor boys in their spare time.
119. I who __________________ your leader command you. ( be)
120. This is the boy who __________________ ( have/ has) planted the tree.
121. I went to the house of the man who _________________ my friend. ( be)
122. Ram’s house __________________ better than that of Jadu. ( be)
123. The population of India _______________ larger than that of China. ( be)
124. He ________________ ( love/loves) you better than me.
125. He _______________ ( like/ likes) you better than I.
126. He __________________ not so strong as she. ( be)
127. Rahul ______________ the tallest and smartest boy in the school. ( be)
128. Sita ________________ more talented and more beautiful. ( be)
129. Ram _____________ very handsome and very generous. ( be)
130. Each of the girls ________________ ( was / were) given a chocolate.
131. Each boy and each girl _______________ ( was/were) given a chocolate.
132. The girls each ________________ ( has/have) made a beautiful painting.
133. Every student and every tutor ________________ responsible for the good name of a coaching centre. ( be)
134. The handsome and intelligent boys _________________ rewarded. ( be)
135. The handsome and the intelligent boy ________________ rewarded. ( be)
136. The handsome and intelligent boy ________________ rewarded. ( be)
137. He _________________( was/ were) killed, but she died.
138. He _________________ ( have/ has) made a mistake but corrected.
139. It __________________ the thing which I asked for. ( be)
140. What _____ you wondering at? ( be)
141. He ______ so weak that he cannot walk. ( be)
142. Such ______ his misfortune that nobody helped him. ( be)
143. This _____ the same book as that. ( be)
144. Scarcely _____( had/ did) the teacher left the room when the students started making noise.
145. I _______ ( have/ has) none else than you.
146. He ______ ( went/ go) not only to you but also to your father.
147. She not only ______ ( went/go ) to you but also went to your father.
148. He not only helped me with money but also ______ ( give/gave) me good advice.
149. He ______ ( helped/help) me not only with money but also with good advice.
150. Neither _____ ( do/ did) he work nor did he sleep.
151. Hard work ______ ( pay/pays) off.
152. Slow and steady ________ ( win/wins) the race.
153. A friend in need _______ a friend indeed. ( be)
154. All that glitters _____ not gold. ( be)
155. All work and no play __________ ( make/makes) Jack a dull boy.
156. Where there ______ a will, there is a way. ( be)
157. A stitch in time __________ ( save/saves) nine.
158. Unity _______ strength. ( be)
159. Kindness _______ never wasted. ( be)
160. Greed __________ ( bring/brings) ruin.
161. Grapes _________ sour. ( be)
162. Nobody ___________ ( believe/ believes) a liar.
163. Time and tide ________ ( wait/waits) for none.
164. Knowledge _______ power. ( be)
165. Practice _________ (make/makes) a man perfect.
166. Look before you _________ ( leap/leaps)
167. Early to bed and early to rise __________ (make/makes) a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
168. Never ________ (tell/tells) a lie.
169. Cleanliness _______ next to godliness. ( be)
170. Health __________ wealth. ( be)
171. Never _________ ( waste/ wastes) time.
172. Self help ________ the best help. ( be)
173. Pride ________ ( go/goes) before a fall.
174. Too much greed _______ harmful. ( be)
175. Empty vessel _________ ( sound/sounds) much.
176. Appearances _________ deceptive. ( be)
177. All _____ well that ends well. ( be)
178. Haste _________ ( make/makes) waste.
179. A bad workman ________ ( blame/blames) his tools.
180. Too many cooks _________ ( spoil/spoils) the broth.
181. Failure __________ the pillar of success. ( be)
182. Fortune _________ (favour/favours) the brave.
183. Necessity ________ the mother of invention. ( be)
184. Think before you ________ (act/acts).
185. Experience _________ the best teacher. ( be)
186. Work _________ worship. ( be)
187. Rome ________ not built in a day. ( be)
188. God helps those who ________ ( help/helps) themselves.
189. Forgiveness _________ a great virtue. ( be)
190. Love __________ (beget/ begets) love.
191. United we __________ ( stand/stands), divided we ________ (fall/falls)
192. Charity _________ ( begin/begins) at home.
193. Never ____________ ( judge/judges) a book by its cover.
194. Every cloud ________ (have/has) a silver lining.
195. As you _______( sow/sows), so shall you reap.
196. Little drops of water _____________ (make/makes) the mighty ocean.
197. Truth always ____________ ( triumph/triumphs).
198. A liar __________ (have/has) to tell many lies.
199. Never ____________ ( sacrifice/sacrifices) truth for personal gain.
200. Character ___________more important than wealth. ( be)
201. Service to humanity _________ service to God. (be)
202. Prevention __________ better than cure. ( be)
203. Make hay while the sun __________ ( shine/shines).
204. Don’t count your chickens before they __________ (hatch/hatches).
205. Every coin __________(have/has) two sides.
206. Education __________ ( enlighten/ enlightens) the mind.
207. The more we ___________ (learn/learns), the more we realize how little we know.
208. Learning ________ a lifelong process. ( be)
209. Live and let __________ (live/lives).
210. We _________ guardians of the Earth. ( be)
211. Anger ____________ a bad adviser. ( be)
212. Control your anger before it ___________ (control/controls) you.
213. Actions __________ ( speak/speaks) louder than words.
214. A journey of a thousand miles __________ (begin/begins) with a single step.
215. Do your best and ________ ( leave/left) the rest.
216. Greed ___________ ( lead/leads) to loss.
217. Presence of mind can __________ ( solve/solves) difficult problems.
218. Gentleness and persuasion _______ ( be) mightier than force.
219. Though he ______ no more with us, he was in our heart, is in our heart, and will be in our heart forever. (be)
220. To ________ (mark/marks) his immense contribution to the nation, he was rewarded with the Arjuna Award in the year 1900.
221. He _______ ( died/die) on 7th August in 1941 in Calcutta.
222. Rabindranath Tagore ______ ( was/were) one of the coruscating casket of literature.
223. He ________ ( was/were) born on 7th May in 1861 at Jorasanko Thakurbari in Calcutta.
224. India _________ (was/were) under the British rule.
225. He ___________ (was/were) born to a poor family.
226. He ____________ ( was/were) bestowed with the title Bharat Pothik.
227. She ____________ (was/were) conferred the title Biswakabi.
228. He ___________ (belong/belongs) to a poor family.
229. She ___________ ( came/come) of in an affluent family.
230. He ___________ (was/were) a versatile genius.
231. I __________ (could/would) like to draw the kind attention of the authority concerned.
232. I’ll _________ (be/have) highly obliged if you kindly consider my application and do the needful as soon as possible.
233. I______ (am/is/are) also fine here.
234. The problem _______ (has/have) been worsening day by day.
235. This menace must be __________ (stop/stopped) at any cost.
236. The man ______( is/are) too weak to walk.
237. The boy ________ (is/are) so short that he cannot touch the boughs.
238. In spite of being poor, the man ____________ (is/are) honest.
239. As soon as the thief _______ (see/saw) the police, he ran away.
240. No sooner had the teacher ________ (enter/entered) the class than the students stopped making noise.
241. As it _______ (is/are) raining heavily, I will not go to school today.
242. I _______ (be) saving money to ______ (buy/buying) a car.
243. I am saving money so that I _________ (may/should) buy a new smartphone.
244. Don’t ________ (cry/cries) over spilt milk.
245. I cannot but ________ (cry/cried).
246. He cannot help ________ ( laugh/laughing)
247. Who doesn’t ________ (know/knows) the truth?
248. Have you anything to _______ (say/said)?
249. I have never ________ (see/seen) this.
250. Doesn’t he ________ (play/ plays) cricket?
251. Never __________ (tell/told) a lie.
252. I know what his name ________ (is/are).
253. I saw him _______ ( plant/planting) the tree.
254. He saw me _________ (builds/building) the house.
255. I _________ (was/were) surprised at his behaviour.
256. Honey ________ (is/are) sweet when it is tasted.
257. I __________ ( take/takes) pride in you.
258. I believe that you will ________ (succeed/succeeded) in future.
259. There ______ (is/are) no doubt that he is innocent.
260. The doctor ________ (treat/ treated) the patient with care.
261. One who _______ (make/makes) wooden furniture is called a carpenter.
262. One who _______ ( build/built) house with bricks and cement is called a mason.
263. One who __________ ( feed/feeds) on grass is called graminivorous.
264. Once upon a time, there ________ (live/lived) a farmer in a village.
265. It can be easily __________ ( prepare/prepared ) at home through a number of proper steps.
266. At least 5 people _______ (die/died) and 30 others ________ (was/were) injured in a road accident yesterday.
267. The NDRF and SDRF teams __________ (was/were) deployed to rescue the ill-fated victims of the flood.
268. State government __________ ( declared/declaring) an ex-gratia of Rs. 500000 to the kins of the deceased ones and Rs. 100000 to the injured ones.
269. A total of 40000 people __________ (was/were) evacuated to safe shelters.
270. If you ______ (do/does/did) not do, you will die.
271. Without _________ (study/studying) hard, you will fail.
272. If you heat ice, it ________ (melt/melts).
273. If you don’t water plants, they ________ (die/died).
274. If you _______ (mix/mixed) red and blue, you get purple.
275. When you ________ (heat/ heating) water, it evaporates.
276. Water ________ ( evaporate/evaporates) if you heat it.
277. If water reaches 100°C at standard atmospheric pressure, it ________ ( boils/boil).
278. If you ________ (studies/study) hard, you will pass the examination.
279. If you_______ ( help/helped) him, he will thank you.
280. If I ________ (had/have) wings, I would fly in the sky.
281. If I lived on the Moon, I _________ (will/would) miss the Earth.
282. If I had money, I would ________ (buy/buys) a car.
283. If I ________ (was/were) a bird, I would fly.
284. If he________ ( comes/ came) here, I would help him.
285. If she __________ ( study/studied) hard, she would get good marks.
286. If I had taken an umbrella, I ________ (would/will) not have got wet.
287. If she had helped me, I would _______ (have/has) finished the work.
288. If he had not wasted time, he would have __________ (complete/completed) the work.
289. If I had __________ (study/studied) hard, I would have passed the examination.
290. Unless you _______ (worked/work) hard, you will not succeed.
291. Unless you hurry, you will ________ (miss/missed) the train.
292. Unless he _________ (invites/invite) me, I will not attend the party.
293. The teacher made him __________ (write/writes).
294. Let him _______ (eat/eats/ate) rice.
295. I _______ ( has/have) my hair cut.
296. It______ ( is/are) no use to cry over spilt milk.
297. Let bygones ______ ( be) bygones.
298. He is fond of ________ (read/reading).
299. The patient had died before the doctor _____ (come/came).
300. You had better ____________ (study/studied).
301. I would rather ___________ (stay/stayed).
302. It is high time we __________ (start/started).
303. She enjoys ____________ (dance/dancing).
304. Well _____ (begin/begun) is half done.
305. Would that I _____ (was/were) young again!
306. The higher you _____ (climb/climbed), the harder you fall.
307. What _____ (be) done cannot be undone.
308. Hardly had I _____ (reach/reached) home when it began to rain.
309. Scarcely had he _____ (sees/seen) me when he ran away.
310. Had I known the truth, I _____ (would help/would have helped) him.
311. The sooner you _____ (start/started), the better it will be.
312. He behaves as if he _____ (was/were) the master.
313. He is used to _____ (get/gets) up early.
314. There _____ (is/are) many a man who fails in life.
315. A rolling stone _____ (gather/gathers) no moss.
316. Easier said than _____ (do/does).
317. He prevented me from _____ (enter/entering) the room.
318. The quality of the mangoes _____ (is/are) good.
319. Many a man _____ (have/has) tried to solve the problem.
320. I ________ (has/have) not a few friends.
321. He __________ (has/have) many friends.
322. There _______ (are/is) a little water in the bottle.
323. There ________ (is/are) not much sand in the bucket.
324. An empty vessel __________ (sound/sounds) much.
325. A barking dog seldom_____( bite/bites).
326. Fools _____ (rush/rushes) in where angels fear to tread.
327. The early bird _____ (catch/catches) the worm.
328. The pen _____ (be) mightier than the sword.
329. Every dog _____ (have/has) its day.
330. Laughter _____ (be) the best medicine.
331. It _____ (be) never too late to mend.
332. What goes around _____ (come/comes) around.
333. One good turn _____ (deserve/deserves) another.
334. What is lost _____ (be) lost forever.
335. A drowning man _____ (catch/catches) at a straw.
336. 336. The truth _____ (come/comes) out sooner or later.
337. When the cat _____ (be) away, the mice will play.
338. Every rose _____ (have/has) its thorn.
339. It _______ (have/has) been raining cats and dogs since morning.
340. I have _________ The cattle are grazing in the field.
341. ( been/being) writing a letter for ten minutes.
342. He will _______ ( have/ has) reached the ground by 4 pm.
343. ______ ( get/got) well soon.
344. _______ ( open/opened) the window.
345. The jury ________ (have/ has) given its verdict.
346. The jury _________ (is/ are) divided in their opinions.
347. The jury ___________ (consist/consists) of twelve members.
348. The committee ___________ (have/has) taken its decision.
349. The team ___________(is/are) playing well.
350. The class ________ (is/are) silent.
351. The board ________ (has/have) made its decision.
352. The staff _______ (is/are) working hard.
353. The people ________ (are/is) demanding justice.
354. The poultry _________(is/ are) roaming in the yard.
355. The mob ___________( was/were) getting violent.
356. The army ___________ (is/are) marching forward.
357. The team ____________ (is/are) wearing their new jerseys.
358. The committee ________________ (is/are) arguing among themselves.
359. The police _________________ (is/are) investigating the case.
360. The gang ________________ (have/has) escaped.
361. The government _________________ (have/has) announced a new policy.
362. A flock of sheep ________________ (are/is) grazing in the field.
363. A herd of elephants ________________ (are/is) moving through the forest.
364. A school of fish _________________ (are/ is) swimming in the river.
