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Grammar

Subject–Verb Agreement

Every sentence has a subject and a verb. The subject and the verb in a sentence must always
agree in number. A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural
verb.

Look at the following sentences.

Polly wants a cracker.

[singular subject] [singular verb]

Polly and Dab-Dab want a cracker.

[plural subject] [plural verb]

The subject and the verb must both be either singular or plural.

A. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate forms of the verbs from

brackets.

1. Rachel _________________ able to bag the job. (was/were)
2. One of my friends _________________ gone to France. (has/have)

3. Oil and water _________________ not mix. (do/does)

4. Sujith and I _________________ in the same class last year. (was/were)

5. Aditi _________________ to attend badminton classes regularly. (wish/wishes)

6. Jatin _________________ been selected for the school basketball team.
(has/have)

7. A medal _________________ given to the boy, for he stood first in class.
(was/were)

8. My parents usually _________________ home by six. (reach/reaches)

B. Rewrite the following sentences correctly.

1. This bag are full of old coins.

2. Irfan Khan were happy when he scored six points.

3. The students is decorating their classroom for Teacher’s Day.

4. I were studying for six hours every day the week before the exam.

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