CBSE Class 7 English Subject-Verb Agreement Worksheet Set 01

Answer: Subject: Katie. Verb: had.

Teacher's Note:
1. The subject is who the sentence is about.
2. The verb tells what the subject did or had.

Answer: Subject: They. Verb: were fighting.

Teacher's Note:
1. The plural subject They takes were.
2. Were fighting is a past continuous verb phrase.

Answer: Subject: Coco. Verbs: was and jumped.

Teacher's Note:
1. One subject can have more than one verb.
2. Both verbs agree with the singular subject Coco.

Answer: Each of the flowers has a different fragrance.

Teacher's Note:
1. Each is singular and takes a singular verb.
2. The plural flowers inside the phrase does not decide the verb.

Answer: Though many passengers were in the bus, no one was injured in the accident.

Teacher's Note:
1. No one is singular.
2. So the verb must be was, not were.

Answer: The violin player, together with the cellists, ends the concert.

Teacher's Note:
1. Phrases with together with do not change the subject.
2. The subject is the singular violin player.

Answer: Our school team never loses the swimming competition.

Teacher's Note:
1. A team acting as one unit takes a singular verb.
2. The present tense singular form ends in -s.

Answer: One of my friends likes bungee jumping.

Teacher's Note:
1. The subject is One, which is singular.
2. Friends is only part of the phrase after of.

Answer: Physics has never been a favourite subject with Raj.

Teacher's Note:
1. Subject names ending in -s such as physics are singular.
2. So the verb is has.

Answer: Everyone of the members refuses to speak up against the vote.

Teacher's Note:
1. Everyone is singular.
2. It needs a singular verb.

Answer: My scissors are no longer sharp after I lent them to my neighbour.

Teacher's Note:
1. Scissors is a plural noun and takes are.
2. The phrase is also corrected to 'no longer'.

Answer: Your five hundred rupees is not enough to solve my problem.

Teacher's Note:
1. A sum of money is treated as one amount.
2. So it takes a singular verb.

Answer: The school of fish swims in the deep ocean.

Teacher's Note:
1. School here is a collective noun acting as one group.
2. It takes the singular verb swims.

Answer: was

Teacher's Note:
1. With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
2. The nearer subject is I, so was is used.

Answer: go

Teacher's Note:
1. Three joined subjects are plural.
2. So the plural verb go is used.

Answer: likes

Teacher's Note:
1. The nearer subject is his friend, which is singular.
2. So the verb is likes.

Answer: do

Teacher's Note:
1. They is plural.
2. Do is the plural present form.

Answer: has

Teacher's Note:
1. The nearer subject is congregation, a singular collective noun.
2. So the singular has is used.

Answer: escape

Teacher's Note:
1. The nearer subject is passengers, which is plural.
2. So the verb is escape.

Answer: announces

Teacher's Note:
1. With or, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
2. The vice-principal is singular.

Answer: respond

Teacher's Note:
1. People is a plural noun.
2. So the plural verb respond is used.

Answer: dance

Teacher's Note:
1. Two subjects joined by and are plural.
2. So the verb has no -s.

Answer: has

Teacher's Note:
1. Here couple is seen as one unit.
2. The plural have is also used in British English when the two people are thought of separately.

Answer: is

Teacher's Note:
1. Either of is followed by a singular verb.
2. The word either means one of the two.

Answer: lives

Teacher's Note:
1. The nearer subject is he, which is singular.
2. So lives is the right form.

Answer: keep

Teacher's Note:
1. After a modal such as cannot the base form is used.
2. Keeps would be wrong here.

Answer: do not

Teacher's Note:
1. Doctors is plural.
2. So do not is correct.

Answer: has proved

Teacher's Note:
1. Each and every is treated as singular.
2. So has is used.

Answer: is

Teacher's Note:
1. A distance is treated as one unit.
2. So the singular is is used.