Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. That ……………….. surprise me.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a singular subject with that.
2. These …………………….. ripe mangoes.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a plural verb with these and those.
3. There …………………. five apples in the basket but now only one …………………… left.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. It ………………….. me to see him suffer like this.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. Nobody ……………………….. what happened to them.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a singular verb after nobody.
6. A lady with nine cats …………………… in that home.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. Hundred dollars ……………………. not a small sum.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use a singular verb with a sum of money.
8. Neither my father nor my mother …………………… my desire to become a model.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we connect two singular nouns with neither/nor, the verb is singular.
9. Anita as well as her sisters ………………….. tennis very well.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we connect two nouns with as well as, the verb agrees with the former.
10. None of his friends ……………………. there.
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Wrong!
11. Both my children ……………………. doctors.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. Running errands …………………… a lot of time.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- That doesn’t surprise me.
- These mangoes are ripe.
- There were five apples in the basket but now only one is left.
- It hurts me to see him suffer like this.
- Nobody knows what happened to them.
- A lady with nine cats lives in that home.
- Hundred dollars is not a small sum.
- Neither my father nor my mother supports my desire to become a model.
- Anita as well as her sisters plays tennis very well.
- None of his friends was there.
- Both my children are doctors.
- Running errands takes a lot of time.
