DIRECTION for the questions 1 to 20: In each of the following sentences supply a verb in

agreement with its subject:

1. To take pay and then not to do work ________ dishonest.

2. The cost of all these articles ________ risen.

3. The jury _______ divided in their opinions

4. That night every one of the boat's crew ______ down with fever.

5. One or the other of those fellows _______ stolen the watch.

6. The strain of all the difficulties and vexations and anxieties ______ more than he could
bear.

7. No news _________ good news.

8. The accountant and the cashier ______ absconded.

9. A good man and useful citizen ______ passed away.

10. The famous juggler and conjurer ________ too unwell to perform.

11. The Three Musketeers ________ written by Dumas.

12. Each of the suspected men ______ arrested.

13. The ebb and flow of the tides ______ explained by Newton.

14. Ninety rupees ______ too much for this bag.

15. The cow as well as the horse _________on grass.

16. Neither his father nor his mother __________ alive.

17. There _______ many objections to the plan.

18. Two-thirds of the city ____________ in ruins

19. The formation of paragraphs __________ very important.

20. Man's happiness or misery __________ in a great measure in his own hands.
DIRECTION for the questions 1 to 20: In each of the following sentences supply a verb in
agreement with its subject:

1. To take pay and then not to do work ________ dishonest.

2. The cost of all these articles ________ risen.

3. The jury _______ divided in their opinions

4. That night every one of the boat's crew ______ down with fever.

5. One or the other of those fellows _______ stolen the watch.

6. The strain of all the difficulties and vexations and anxieties ______ more than he could
bear.

7. No news _________ good news.

8. The accountant and the cashier ______ absconded.

9. A good man and useful citizen ______ passed away.

10. The famous juggler and conjurer ________ too unwell to perform.

11. The Three Musketeers ________ written by Dumas.

12. Each of the suspected men ______ arrested.

13. The ebb and flow of the tides ______ explained by Newton.

14. Ninety rupees ______ too much for this bag.

15. The cow as well as the horse _________on grass.

16. Neither his father nor his mother __________ alive.

17. There _______ many objections to the plan.

18. Two-thirds of the city ____________ in ruins

19. The formation of paragraphs __________ very important.

20. Man's happiness or misery __________ in a great measure in his own hands.

ANSWER KEY:

1. To take pay and then not to do work ___IS_____ dishonest.

2. The cost of all these articles __HAS______ risen.

3. The jury ___WERE____ divided in their opinions

4. That night every one of the boat's crew __WAS____ down with fever.

5. One or the other of those fellows __HAS_____ stolen the watch.

6. The strain of all the difficulties and vexations and anxieties __WAS____ more than he
could bear.

7. No news ____IS_____ good news.

8. The accountant and the cashier ___HAVE___ absconded.

9. A good man and useful citizen ___HAS___ passed away.

10. The famous juggler and conjurer ____IS____ too unwell to perform.

11. The Three Musketeers ___IS_____ written by Dumas.

12. Each of the suspected men __WAS____ arrested.

13. The ebb and flow of the tides __WAS____ explained by Newton.

14. Ninety rupees ___IS___ too much for this bag.

15. The cow as well as the horse __FEEDS_______on grass.

16. Neither his father nor his mother ____IS______ alive.

17. There __ARE_____ many objections to the plan.

18. Two-thirds of the city ___IS_________ in ruins

19. The formation of paragraphs ____IS______ very important.

20. Man's happiness or misery ____IS______ in a great measure in his own hands.