CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 06

Verb Concord

Question 1. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Each and every student and instructor in this building ________ (hope/hopes) for a new facility by next year.
Answer: hopes ('each and every' makes the subject singular)

Question 2. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: The students and instructors each ________ (hope/hopes) for a new facility by next year.
Answer: hope ('each' after a plural subject does not change the verb)

Question 3. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Rice and rajma ________ (is/are) my favourite dish.
Answer: is (one dish)

Question 4. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Four years _______ (is/are) a long time to spend away from your friends and family.
Answer: is (a period taken as one quantity)

Question 5. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: There ________ (was/were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there _____ (are/is) only one left!
Answer: were; is

Question 6. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Tobacco and alcohol ______ (are/is) injurious to health.
Answer: are (two singular nouns joined by 'and')

Question 7. Fill in the blank with the verb that agrees with the subject: Toothpaste and toothbrush _________ (have/has) been charged separately.
Answer: have (taken as separate units)

Question 8. Complete the passage by choosing the appropriate options.
Christmas (a) ______ (are/is/was) fondly remembered as the time Santa Claus (b) ______ (makes/make) an appearance while children (c) ______ (sleeps/sleep). Gifts are traditionally left under the Christmas tree. Letter writing to Santa (d) ______ (was/is) another tradition followed by children even now, where they state their wish-list assuring him that they (e) ______ (has/have) been good throughout the year. To keep the Christmas spirit going, some postal services (f) ______ (offer/offers) the option of writing letters to Santa with the promise of delivering responses from Santa himself! With technology at its peak, Santa even (g) ______ (respond/responds) via e-mail or IMs with Santa Tracking websites hoping to encourage children to explore the world, enhancing their knowledge of geography.
Answer: (a) is (b) makes (c) sleep (d) is (e) have (f) offer (g) responds

Question 9. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: The girls from villages (sell, sells) vegetables at the weekly market.
Answer: sell

Question 10. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: My brother (is, are) a friendly and loving person.
Answer: is

Question 11. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: My neighbours (is, are) very cooperative.
Answer: are

Question 12. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Mr. Smith (drive, drives) his motor boat every Sunday.
Answer: drives

Question 13. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Jessica and Thomas (take, takes) the bus to school every day.
Answer: take

Question 14. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Squirrels (like, likes) to munch on nuts when they are hungry.
Answer: like

Question 15. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Both Steve and Bella (want, wants) to study Russian in Russia.
Answer: want

Question 16. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: The fans in the hallway (has, have) stopped working.
Answer: have

Question 17. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Mrs. Selena (travel, travels) to Montgomery very often.
Answer: travels

Question 18. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Brian, Sandra and Suzzie (wear, wears) sunglasses outside.
Answer: wear

Question 19. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: My friend Ethan (go, goes) to the same university as me.
Answer: goes

Question 20. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: The bee (buzz, buzzes) around the flowers in the garden.
Answer: buzzes

Question 21. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: This band (play, plays) music I like.
Answer: plays

Question 22. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: The mother and son (resemble, resembles) one another.
Answer: resemble

Question 23. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Dogs (is, are) loyal pets.
Answer: are

Question 24. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Dogs (show, shows) more attention than cats.
Answer: show

Question 25. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Most households (has, have) at least one car.
Answer: have