CBSE Class 10 English Integrated Grammar Based on Subjects Verb Concord And Active Passive Worksheet

Question. Each and every member __________ to vote.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) having
(d) are
Answer.(a) has

Question. Much ____________ been speculated about the arrival of the King.
(a) were
(b) have
(c) has
(d) was
Answer.(c) has

Question. Either you or I should ___________ the lead.
(a) takes
(b) take
(c) taking
(d) took
Answer.(b) take

Question. A school of fish___________ spotted in the lake.
(a) are
(b) have
(c) has
(d) was
Answer.(d) was

Question. Physics ____________ difficult to understand.
(a) were
(b) are
(c) is
(d) have been
Answer.(c) is

Question. A pair of scissors___________been bought from the stationery.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) were
(d) is
Answer.(b) has

Question. Half of the class ___________ empty.
(a) were
(b) was
(c) has
(d) have
Answer.(b) was

Question. My applications___________not been approved.
(a) were
(b) have
(c) are
(d) has
Answer.(b) have

Question. The quality of food here__________gone down.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) is
(d) are
Answer.(b) has

Question. The teacher and the students__________ arrived.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) will
(d) are
Answer.(b) have

Question. The board of directors ___________ anxious.
(a) are
(b) have been
(c) has been
(d) were
Answer.(b) have been

Question. Some of the food ___________ still left.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) has
(d) have
Answer.(a) is

Question. Few participants __________ backed out at the last moment.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) were
(d) are
Answer.(a) have

Question. The Committee________divided on their views.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) were
(d) has
Answer.(b) are

Question. Neither she nor I __________ involved.
(a) am
(b) are
(c) is
(d) were
Answer.(a) am

Question. Two-thirds of the pantry __________ full.
(a) are
(b) were
(c) have
(d) is
Answer.(d) is

1. Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb.

Question. Mathematics ____________ (is/are) my favourite subject.
Answer. is

Question. Politics ____________ (are/is) not my cup of tea.
Answer. is

Question. The poet and philosopher, Rabindra Nath Tagore ____________ (have/has) died.
Answer. has

Question. Bread and butter ____________ (is /are) my favourite breakfast.
Answer. is

Question. I ............................. (read) a very interesting story now.
Answer. am reading

Question. She ........................ (write) hundred poems so far.
Answer. has written

Question. He ................... (get) a prize ten days ago.
Answer. got

Question. Rohit .................... (learn) English for five years.
Answer. has been learning

Question. The earth ____________ (revolve) round the sun.
Answer. revolves

Question. Ram ____________ (arrive) from Chennai yesterday.
Answer. arrived

Question. She ____________ (finish) her work before Ali came.
Answer. had finished

Question. We ____________ (live) here since 2014.
Answer. have been living

Question. I ____________ (meet) a strange fellow yesterday.
Answer. met

Question. Shankar ____________ (play) when we went to his house.
Answer. was playing

Question. We ____________ (go) to picnic tomorrow.
Answer. shall go

Question. He usually ____________ (get) up early in the morning
Answer. gets

Question. Remove your shoes outside as I ____________ (mop) the floor just now.
Answer. have mopped

Question. The all-round performance of the team _________ (win) the match against West Indies last week
Answer. won

Question. A stitch in time ___________ (save) nine.
Answer. saved

Question. Priyanka _________ (answer) all the questions perfectly. The panel had to select her.
Answer. answered

Question. In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing with theword that comes before and the word that comes after it.
Before     Missing        After

(a) Winston Castle damaged in the fire____________________________
(b) last night. Although no one hurt,______________________________
(c)two people rescued from upstairs._____________________________
(d)It not that there was no damage.______________________________
(e)A number of priceless paintings destroyed.______________________
(f)It not known how the fire started.______________________________
(g)Some wires which hanging loose._____________________________
(h)might caused the fire.______________________________

Answer.
Before        Missing    After
(a) Castle     was       damaged
(b) one        was         hurt
(c) people   were      rescued
(d) it            was         not
(e) paintings   were    destroyed
(f) It                is             not
(g) which     were        hanging
(h) might     have       caused

Question. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verb and subject-verb agreement.
Headbands (a) __________ (be) great for keeping the irritating locks out of your face and will stop you fromtouching your hair, which (b)__________(lead) to greasy strands. Bad hair days (c) __________ (be) a thingof the past now. Headbands (d) __________ (be) the perfect accessory for disguising greasy roots andtaming flyaways. Donning a headband (e) __________ (require) smooth hair to start with. Frizzy, unkempthair (f) __________ (be not) work with a headband. This (g) __________(be not) mean you have to(h) __________(be) straight hair.

Answer.
(a) are
(b) leads
(c) are
(d) are
(e) requires
(f) doesn’t
(g) doesn’t
(h) have

Question. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct passive forms of the verbs given inbrackets.
Yesterday, the city (a) __________ (hit) by a thunderstorm. Many trees (b)__________(uproot) and streetsat several places (c) __________(flood), resulting in traffic jams.
Answer.(a) was hit
(b) were uprooted
(c) were flooded

Question. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct passive forms of the verbs given inbrackets.
Last Monday, the Annual Function (a)__________(celebrate) in our school. Shri Abdul Kalam (b) __________(invite) as the Chief Guest. The prizes (c) __________ (given away) for the best performance of the year. TheChief Guest appreciated the arrangements of the event and the discipline among the
Answer.(a) was celebrated
(b) was invited
(c) were given away

Subject Verb Agreement Exercises

Question. Climatic change (a) ……………………. one of the hotly contested debates. India and Antarctica (b) ……………………. once the part of the same landmass. To visit Antarctica now (c) ……………………. to be a part of history. Once 90 percent of the Earth’s total ice volumes (d) ……………………. stored there, Therefore to study the earth, Antarctica (e)………………….. the place to go. Antarctica (f) …………………. devoid of any human markets. It (g) ……………………. no trees, buildings or billboards.
Answer:
(a) is
(b) were
(c) is
(d) was
(e) is
(f) is
(h) has

Question. Keeping a pet (a) ……………………. the best way to fight loneliness. But clean and comfortable housing for them (b) ……………………. essential. If they (c) ……………………. carnivores a high protein diet (d) ……………………. required. Veterinary appointments (e) ……………………. a must. They (f) ……………………. wonderful pets and (g) ……………………. quite affectionate. They (h) ……………………. you entertained for hours.
Answer:
(a) is
(b) is
(c) are
(d) is
(e) are
(f) make
(g) are
(h) keep

Question. Today road accidents (a) ……………………. earned India a dubious distinction. Country(b) ……………………. the worst road traffic accident rate. The various factors to be blamed (c) ……………………. drunk–driving and carelessness in the use of helmets. The total number of deaths (d) ……………………. now passed the 135,000 marks. Trucks and two-wheelers (e) ……………………. responsible earlier. evening rush hours(f) ……………………. the most dangerous time to be on the road. Today drunken–driving (g) ……………………. become a major cause for road accidents. The time for action (h) ……………………. now.
Answer:
(a) have
(b) has
(c) are
(d) has
(e) were
(f) are
(g) has
(h) is

Question. In November 2009 sales of cars (a) ……………………. up. This (b) ………………. the largest car boom the country (c) ……………………. seen in years. Today the largest growth (d) ……………………. seen for small cars. The entire market (e) ……………………. seeing steady growth. Currently 1.7 million new cars (f) ……………bought every year but Maruti Suzuki (h) ……………………. not profiting from this development.
Answer:
(a) went
(b) is
(c) has
(d) is
(e) is
(f) is
(h) is

Complete the passage given below by choosing the appropriate options.

Question. 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 

In the following extract there are errors in the agreement between subject and verb. Identify the errors and write the correct version.

Question. The Melbourne players was not downhearted by their recent cup defeat. John Smith, the captain, have spoken for all the team when he said that they would be trying for the trophy again next year. He congratulated the supporters who was magnificent. Neither the manager nor he himself was feeling downcast and they was all looking forward to the next season. Each of the team members were keen to challenge the title next season. Everybody were confident.
Answer. 
The Melbourne players were not downhearted by their recent cup defeat. John Smith, the captain, has spoken for all the team when he said that they would be trying for the trophy again next year. He congratulated the supporters who were magnificent. Neither the manager nor he himself was feeling downcast and they were all looking forward to the next season. Each of the team members was keen to challenge the title next season.
Everybody was confident.