Free Subject-Verb Agreement MCQs with Answers
411 Subject-Verb Agreement MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Subject-verb agreement requires the verb to match the true subject in number and person, even when other words intervene. Questions cover collective nouns, compound subjects, indefinite pronouns, either and neither, relative clauses, quantities and inverted sentences, where proximity can falsely suggest the wrong verb.
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- A. were
- B. was
- C. have been
- D. are
Explanation: "Each" is a singular pronoun and governs the verb regardless of the plural noun that follows in the prepositional phrase.
Correct answer: was- A. have
- B. has
- C. were
- D. are
Explanation: Neither is a singular pronoun, so it takes a singular verb regardless of the plural noun in the prepositional phrase that follows.
Correct answer: has- A. is
- B. are
- C. was being
- D. has
Explanation: A collective noun takes a plural verb when the members are acting as individuals rather than as a single unit, and being divided is…
Correct answer: are- A. are
- B. is
- C. were
- D. have been
Explanation: The subject is quality, which is singular, so the verb must be is. The plural noun instruments sits inside a prepositional phrase and can…
Correct answer: is- A. are
- B. were
- C. is
- D. have
Explanation: Neither is a singular pronoun when used on its own, so it takes a singular verb however plural the following phrase sounds.
Correct answer: is- A. are
- B. is
- C. were
- D. have been
Explanation: The subject is list, which is singular, and of items is merely a prepositional phrase that must be ignored when deciding the verb.
Correct answer: is- A. are
- B. is
- C. were
- D. have been
Explanation: A measurement of distance, time, money or weight is treated as a single unit and takes a singular verb, even though the noun is plural in…
Correct answer: is- A. is
- B. are
- C. was
- D. has been
Explanation: With either or and neither nor, the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it, and here that is students, which is plural.
Correct answer: are- A. have
- B. has
- C. are
- D. were
Explanation: The number takes a singular verb because it refers to a single figure, whereas a number of takes a plural verb because it means several.
Correct answer: has- A. He is one of the best players who has ever played.
- B. He is one of the best players who have ever played.
- C. He is one of the best player who have ever played.
- D. He is one of best players who has ever played.
Explanation: The relative pronoun who refers back to players, which is plural, so the verb is have.
Correct answer: He is one of the best players who have ever played.- A. is
- B. are
- C. have
- D. were
Explanation: A collective noun takes a singular verb when the group acts as one body, and the singular possessive its later in the sentence confirms…
Correct answer: is- A. are
- B. is
- C. were
- D. have been
Explanation: Subjects ending in ics such as mathematics, physics, economics and statistics are singular despite their plural appearance.
Correct answer: is- A. The teacher give the students homework.
- B. The teacher gives the students homework.
- C. The teachers gives the student homework.
- D. The teachers given the student homework.
Explanation: A singular subject takes the verb form ending in s in the present simple, so the teacher gives is correct.
Correct answer: The teacher gives the students homework.- A. is
- B. are
- C. were
- D. None of These
Explanation: “A black and white cow” refers to one cow with two colours, so it takes the singular verb “is.” The verb would be plural only if two…
Correct answer: is- A. Was
- B. Had been
- C. were
- D. None of these
Explanation: With “not only…but,” the verb agrees with the nearer subject, “students,” which is plural. Therefore, “were” is required.
Correct answer: were- A. Are
- B. was
- C. Have
- D. Is
Explanation: The subject is singular, “banking,” so it takes the singular verb “is.” The phrase “in a seamless world” does not affect subject-verb…
Correct answer: Is- A. Is
- B. Are
- C. Have
- D. None of these
Explanation: Although “mumps” ends in -s, it is the name of one disease and therefore takes the singular verb “is.” Similar disease names such as…
Correct answer: Is- A. Is
- B. Are
- C. Have
- D. Was
Explanation: The main subject is “Teachers”; the phrase “as well as headmaster” is additional information and does not change the number of the…
Correct answer: Are- A. Have
- B. Has
- C. Are
- D. was
Explanation: “Each” is singular even when followed by “of us,” so it takes the singular auxiliary “has.” The complete form is “Each of us has eaten our…
Correct answer: Has- A. was
- B. Were
- C. Is
- D. Are
Explanation: A sum of money treated as one total takes a singular verb: “A hundred rupees is all that he wants.” The plural noun “rupees” does not…
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