Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject.
1Every person ............... this.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after every.
2One of my students ............... an aspiring writer.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after one of.
3Some of my students ............... very ambitious.
Wrong!
Use a plural verb after some.
4None of these apples ............... good.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after none.
5Neither of them ............... here.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after neither.
6Both of them ............... arrived.
Wrong!
Use a plural verb after both.
7None of them ............... gone.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after none.
8Each of the boys ............... given a task.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after each.
9All of my students ............... brilliant.
Wrong!
Use a plural verb after all.
10The news ............... too good to be true.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after news.
11Each of these three roads ............... to the station.
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after each.
12Everyone of the men ............... present.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Every person knows this.
- One of my students is an aspiring writer.
- Some of my students are very ambitious.
- None of these apples is good.
- Neither of them works here.
- Both of them have arrived.
- None of them has gone.
- Each of the boys was given a task.
- All of my students are brilliant.
- The news is too good to be true.
- Each of these three roads leads to the station.
- Everyone of the men was present.
