CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 04

Verb Concord

Question 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verb:
(a) One thousand rupees ______ a big amount for me.
(b) If I ______ a bird, I would fly.
(c) Each of the girls ______ received an award.
(d) Four weeks ______ a good holiday.
(e) My father ______ not like reading comics.
(f) He walks as if he ______ lame.
Answer: (a) is (b) were (c) has (d) is (e) does (f) were

Question 2. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Satish and his sister ______ gone to see a movie.
Answer: have

Question 3. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Each of these producers ______ his own advantage.
Answer: has

Question 4. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Ten miles ______ a long distance.
Answer: is

Question 5. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Many a student ______ (try) hard to pass the entrance test.
Answer: tries

Question 6. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
The furniture in his house ______ (look) beautiful.
Answer: looks

Question 7. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Rajan ______ collecting stamps since childhood.
Answer: has been

Question 8. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Either the mother or the daughter ______ made this pudding.
Answer: has

Question 9. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Had she worked hard, she ______ passed.
Answer: would have

Question 10. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
I ______ seen Anita for a long time.
Answer: have not

Question 11. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
I ______ living here for three years.
Answer: have been

Question 12. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Every one of the students ______ present in the function.
Answer: was

Question 13. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Oil and water ______ not mix fully.
Answer: do

Question 14. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Bread and butter ______ my favourite breakfast.
Answer: is

Question 15. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Neither Ramesh nor his friends ______ hurt.
Answer: were

Question 16. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
Slow and steady ______ (win) the race.
Answer: wins

Question 17. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
There ______ sixty students in our class.
Answer: are

Question 18. Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject.
No news ______ good news.
Answer: is

Question 19. Supply the correct verb: The bags of apples ______ (is/are) ready for collection.
Answer: are

Question 20. Supply the correct verb: Several of us ______ going to watch the movie.
Answer: are

Question 21. Supply the correct verb: Neither the dog nor the cat ______ (enjoy/enjoys) being thrown into the swimming pool.
Answer: enjoys

Question 22. Supply the correct verb: Neither the dogs nor the cat ______ (likes/like) the food.
Answer: likes (the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'cat')

Question 23. Supply the correct verb: Everybody ______ (know/knows) the answer to that question.
Answer: knows

Question 24. Supply the correct verb: More than 5000 bags of flour ______ (be) damaged due to flood.
Answer: are / were

Question 25. Supply the correct verb: Fish and chips ______ (be) usually liked by children.
Answer: is