Subject-Verb Agreement

Test your knowledge of subject-verb agreement rules in English grammar, including compound subjects, collective nouns, and indefinite pronouns.

34 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. The cost
  2. of essential commodities
  3. have spiralled
  4. very high
  5. No error
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. One must keep
  2. one's words
  3. otherwise
  4. one will earn a disrepute
  5. No error
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Shall you
  2. read this
  3. book
  4. for me?
  5. No error
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Either Ganesh
  2. or Ganpat
  3. have committed
  4. this gruesome murder
  5. No error
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. I
  2. do not like
  3. the very glimpse
  4. of theirs
  5. No error
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. This boy
  2. walked
  3. the long five kilometre distance
  4. on feet
  5. No error
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. None of them
  2. have reported
  3. the matter
  4. so far
  5. No error
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. They
  2. are all
  3. away
  4. except I
  5. No error
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Neither the manager
  2. nor
  3. his staff were present
  4. in the dinner party
  5. No error
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Abbas
  2. as well as his parents
  3. were expected
  4. to go to Bombay
  5. No error
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Each of the
  2. boy
  3. was
  4. mischievous
  5. No error
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. The students
  2. who absent
  3. from the classes
  4. generally cut a sorry figure in the examination
  5. No error
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Each of the radioisotopes
  2. produced artificially
  3. though exhibiting some common features
  4. have their own distinct structure
  5. No error
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. The staff are meeting
  2. in the conference room
  3. to discuss the next course of action
  4. with regard to the issues on hand
  5. No error
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Although their visas will expire in June,
  2. they can have it extended
  3. for three months
  4. if only they apply before expiry thereof
  5. No error
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. A college bookstore that sells used textbooks
  2. stocks them along with
  3. the new ones
  4. on the shelf under the course title
  5. No error
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Those of us
  2. who are over fifty years old
  3. should get their blood pressure
  4. checked regularly
  5. No error
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Sixty
  2. minutes
  3. make
  4. an hour
  5. No error
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Ten million dollars
  2. are
  3. really
  4. a whopping sum
  5. No error
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

A seismograph records oscillation of the ground (A) caused by seismic waves, vibrations that (B) travel from (C) its points of origin, (D) through the Earth or along its surface. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

The Zoning Improvement Plan, (A) better known as zip codes, (B) enable postal clerks (C) to speed the routing of (D) an ever- increasing volume of mail. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Everyone (A) who has travelled across the country (B) by car, or bus (C) are surprised to see (D) such a large expanse of territory with such variation among the life-styles of the people. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

In human beings, as in other (A) mammals, (B) hair around the eyes and ears and in the nose, (C) prevents dust, insects, and other matter from (D) entering these organs. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

(A) Because entertaining is (B) such a competitive business, a group of singers or musicians (C) need a manager to help (D) market the music. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Thor Heyerdahl, accompanied (A) by the crew of the Ken Take (B) has sailed specifically (C) charted courses in order to prove (D) their theories of cultural diffusion. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Most MBAs, unless they are from a prestigious institute, earns relatively less as a manager than they might in business.

  1. earns relatively less as a manager than they might in business
  2. earn relatively little as managers than they might in business
  3. earn relatively less as managers than they might in business
  4. earn as less as managers as they might in business
  5. earn precious little as managers than they might in business
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Most lachrymose of soap operas in which there is a real comical character captures the interest of the viewers.

  1. captures the interest of viewers
  2. captures interest of the viewers
  3. captures the interests of viewers
  4. capture the interest of viewers
  5. attracts interest of the viewers
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Many cardiologists now believe that a sedentary life–style and not faulty food habits are the major reason of heart strokes.

  1. believe that a sedentary life-style
  2. believe that a sedentary life-style and not faulty food habits are
  3. believe that a sedentary life-style is the major reason
  4. believe that sedentary life-styles and not faulty food habits are
  5. believe that a sedentary life-style and not faulty food habits is
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Between I and he, there's nothing more to say.

  1. Between I and he,
  2. Between me and him,
  3. Between him and me,
  4. Between I and him,
  5. Between him and I,
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: A part of the sentence that has been underlined has an error. Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

Although he had been looking forward to participating in the football match, a sprain in the ankle prevented him taking part.

  1. prevented him taking part
  2. prevented his taking part
  3. prevented him to take part
  4. prevented him in taking part
  5. prevented him for taking part
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

The high protein content of various strains of alfalfa plants, along with the (A) characteristically long root system that (B) enables them to survive long droughts, (C) make them (D) particularly valuable in arid countries. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Rice, (A) which still forms the staple diet of (B) many of the world's population, grows (C) best in (D) hot, wet lands. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Because of (A) its vast tracts of (B) virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has (C) one of the lowest population (D) density in the world. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

The manufacture of (A) automobile was (B) extremely expensive (C) until assembly-line techniques (D) made them cheaper to produce. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)

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