CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 05

Verb Concord

Question 1. Supply the correct verb: The teacher as well as her students ______ (has/have) been here all day.
Answer: has

Question 2. Supply the correct verb: His song ______ (has/have) a theme which ______ (be) difficult to understand.
Answer: has; is

Question 3. Supply the correct verb: A list of names ______ (have/has) been sent to you.
Answer: has

Question 4. Supply the correct verb: Many buses ______ (is/are) owned by Bhim Joshi.
Answer: are

Question 5. Supply the correct verb: He says that the pair of trousers ______ (be) not yet dry.
Answer: is

Question 6. Supply the correct verb: Neither Peter nor his wife ______ (be) at home.
Answer: is

Question 7. Supply the correct verb: Most of us ______ (be) happy with the result.
Answer: are

Question 8. Supply the correct verb: Here ______ (comes/come) Patricia and her brother.
Answer: come (the subject 'Patricia and her brother' is plural)

Question 9. Supply the correct verb: One of my sisters usually ______ (help/helps) me.
Answer: helps

Question 10. Supply the correct verb: The athletes of this club ______ (is/are) mostly the winners.
Answer: are

Question 11. Supply the correct verb: Playing the harmonium and singing ______ (is/are) quite easy.
Answer: are (two different activities joined by 'and')

Question 12. Supply the correct verb: The scenes of Mahabaleshwar ______ (is/are) more beautiful than those of Darjeeling.
Answer: are

Question 13. Supply the correct verb: These days bread and butter ______ (is/are) difficult to earn.
Answer: is

Question 14. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Each of the pupils __________ (have/has) a special creative skill.
Answer: has (each is singular)

Question 15. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: The notable patriot and orator ________ (is/are) no more.
Answer: is (one person: 'the' is used only once)

Question 16. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: No scholarship or reward ________ (was/were) given to the student who stood first in the examination.
Answer: was (singular subjects joined by 'or' take a singular verb)

Question 17. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Politics ___________ (is/are) a dirty game.
Answer: is (plural in form, singular in meaning)

Question 18. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: These spectacles, perhaps you know, _________ (are/is) of fine quality.
Answer: are (spectacles is a plural noun)

Question 19. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: His power and influence ___________ (is/are) immense.
Answer: is (two nearly synonymous nouns expressing one idea)

Question 20. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: The cattle _________ (are/is) grazing in the field.
Answer: are (cattle is always plural)

Question 21. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Some ill people _________ (refuse/refuses) to take medicine.
Answer: refuse (plural subject)

Question 22. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Caroline is the only one of those students who _______ (has/have) lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.
Answer: has ('who' refers to 'the only one', which is singular)

Question 23. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Rupees 2 lakhs ________ (is/are) enough to restock the library.
Answer: is (a sum of money taken as one amount)

Question 24. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Not only the students but also their instructor _______ (has/have) been called to the Principal's office.
Answer: has (the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'instructor')

Question 25. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Most of the milk ______ (has/have) gone bad. Six gallons of milk ______ (are/is) still in the refrigerator.
Answer: has; are ('the milk' is uncountable; 'six gallons' are counted)