Fill in the blanks.
1. A bevy of ……………………
2. A litter of ……………………..
3. Each of the girls ……………………. given a present.
Use a singular verb after each and every.
4. She accompanied her children ……………………….. the bus stand.
Till and until shows time; up to shows distance.
5. The father unlike his sons ……………… hard working.
Here the subject is the singular noun father.
6. He as well as I ……………………. interested in music.
When you connect two subjects with as well as, the verb agrees with the former subject.
7. I had hardly reached the station ……………………… the train left.
8. Don’t open the packet. Change into passive
We use let to change imperatives into passive.
9. Either the teacher or the students ………………………. clean the class room.
When we connect two subjects with either/or, the verb agrees with the second subject.
10. …………………… begins at home.
11. To meet one’s Waterloo is to ……………………
12. The plural of ox is …………………..
Answers
1. A bevy of girls
2. A litter of puppies
3. Each of the girls was given a present.
4. She accompanied her children up to the bus stand.
5. The father unlike his sons is hard working.
6. He as well as I is interested in music.
7. I had hardly reached the station when the train left.
8. Let the packet not be opened.
9. Either the teacher or the students have to clean the class room.
10. Charity begins at home.
11. To meet one’s Waterloo is to meet one’s final defeat.
12. The plural of ox is oxen.
