CBSE Class 7 English Making Subjects and Verbs Agree Worksheet

The subject and verb of a sentence must agree in number. A noun that is singular must have the singular form of the  verb. A noun that is plural takes the plural form of the verb.

A cat sleeps during the day. (singular noun cat, singular verb sleeps)

Cats sleep during the day. (plural noun cats, plural verb sleep)

• Exercise 1 Draw two lines under the verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject.

Leroy (rides, ride) his bicycle to school every day.

1. Television (brings, bring) the world into our homes with pictures, or video, and sounds, or audio.

2. The electronic television imaging device (was, were) invented in the 1920s.

3. The first practical TV system (was demonstrated, were demonstrated) at the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

4. Early television sets (was, were) crude black and white models.

5. Today, technical advancements (gives, give) us high-quality color pictures.

6. Also, most programs now (comes, come) with stereo sound.

7. Television programs (is based, are based) on movies, plays, books, original screenplays, and short stories.

8. The subjects (remains, remain) the same, yesterday and today.

9. I Love Lucy still (serves, serve) as the example for all family shows.

10. The Mickey Mouse Club (was, were) first broadcast to “Mouseketeers” throughout America in 1955.

11. Today, their grandchildren (watches, watch) a new program with the same name.

12. Both Mickey Mouse Club shows (has, have) music, games, information, and humor.

13. The original Mickey Mouse Club (seems, seem) almost foreign to viewers of today’s show.

14. However, each show (presents, present) the popular styles of the day.

15. Until the 1960s, a city (was given, were given) only four or five TV channels.

16. Thirty years later, cable TV (brings, bring) many channels into your set.

17. Entire channels (focuses, focus) on one subject.

18. Experts (predicts, predict) 500-channel cable systems in the next few years.

19. Television sets can (shows, show) more than just TV programs.

20. The “Information Superhighway” (combines, combine) computer data, programs, games, and communications.

• Exercise 2 Underline the subject of each sentence. Then, choose the verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject and write it in the blank.

Many individuals use television to view the news. (uses, use)

1. A television newscast relies on the efforts of many different persons. (relies, rely)

2. The on-air newscasters are a small part of a large, mostly unseen team. (is, are)

3. News programs begin with a producer. (begins, begin)

4. The producer decides which stories to cover. (decides, decide)

5. The assignment desk dispatcher sends reporters and video photographers to different parts of the city. (sends, send)

6. News photographers carry video cameras to tape whatever stories they cover. (carries, carry)

7. Back at the station, electronic news gathering (ENG) editors combine different videotapes and scenes to tell a story. (combines, combine)

8. Each news tape lasts between twenty and ninety seconds. (lasts, last)

9. Live newscasts are broadcast from a studio. (is, are)

10. A typical studio has about thirty powerful spotlights. (has, have)