Class 8 Subject–Verb Agreement worksheet

Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

1. 1.

   Choose the right verb: Each of the farmers ____ a new book.

   1. has
   2. have
   3. having
   4. to have

   Answer

   (a) has

   “each of” takes a singular verb

2. 2.

   Choose the right verb: Mathematics ____ not difficult.

   1. being
   2. are
   3. be
   4. is

   Answer

   (d) is

   subjects like Mathematics, Physics and news end in -s but are singular

3. 3.

   Choose the right verb: The number of farmers near the gate ____ growing.

   1. were
   2. was
   3. be
   4. being

   Answer

   (b) was

   “the number of” is singular

Section B · short answer

1. 4.

   Fill in the blank with “was” or “were”: The packet of oranges ____ on the table.

   Answer

   was

   the verb agrees with the main noun before “of”, not the noun after it

2. 5.

   Fill in the blank with “was” or “were”: My spectacles ____ on the shelf.

   Answer

   were

   nouns like scissors, spectacles and trousers are always plural

Section C · long answer

1. 6.

   Fill in the blanks with the right verb: (1) There ____ three workers in the park. (is/are) (2) One of my classmates ____ in the library. (is/are) (3) Every one of the students ____ at the bus stop. (was/were) (4) One of my cousins ____ in the hall. (was/were)

   Answer

   (1) are; (2) is; (3) was; (4) was

   after “there”, the verb agrees with the noun that follows; “one of …” takes a singular verb: the subject is “one”; “every one of” takes a singular verb; “one of …” takes a singular verb: the subject is “one”

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