Worksheet Solutions: Agreements of Verbs
Q.1. Insert the correct form of the verbs in the blank spaces in the following sentences:
(i) A good dictionary costs a lot.
(ii) These five chairs cost one thousand rupees.
(iii) Ten kilometres is a long distance to walk.
(iv) Sita lives next to my house.
(v) Bread and butter is a wholesome food.
Q.2. Insert 'is' or 'are' in the following sentences:
(i) There are two boys standing there.
(ii) There are many students in the school.
(iii) Today, there are many boys missing from the class.
(iv) If you need some money, there is some in my coat pocket.
(v) There are sixteen players selected to tour Australia.
Q.3. Insert the correct form of the present tense in the blank spaces. The verbs are in the brackets.
(i) A new house costs a lot of money.
(ii) The new car runs very fast.
(iii) Most things cost more than they did before.
(iv) This aeroplane flies quicker than sound.
(v) The lawn looks beautiful in summer.
Q.4. Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences:
(i) all the pupils / English / in our school / learn
All the pupils in our school learn English.
(ii) the owner / lives / is / in a large house / and / very rich
The owner is very rich and lives in a large house.
(iii) Some people / as it / travelling / them sea-sick / dislike / makes / by sea
Some people dislike travelling by sea as it makes them sea-sick.
(iv) to walk / a long way / is / ten miles
Ten miles is a long way to walk.
(v) The Rose / and / Crown / High Street / situated / is / in / the
The Rose and Crown is situated in the High Street.
Q.5. The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it in your answer sheet along with one word that comes before ft and the one that comes after it.
(i) Long ago, there a king called Midas. (a) there was a
(ii) He was very rich and a daughter called (b) and had a
(iii) Marygold. Midas gold more than anything (c) Midas loved gold
(iv) else in the world. When he golden light (d) he saw golden
(v) of the sun he wished he turn it into (e) he could turn
(vi) gold. Even the roses did not him because (f) not attract him
(vii) They not made of gold. (g) They were not
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