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. Was
- B. Were
- C. Is
- D. Has
Explanation: The verb 'was' appropriately matches the singular subject 'Harry', indicating that he alone was engaged in the action of trying to build a…
Correct answer: Was- A. Was
- B. Were
- C. Has
- D. Have
Explanation: In this sentence, 'Wool and silk' is a compound subject, which requires a plural verb form for proper subject-verb agreement.
Correct answer: Were- A. Either
- B. Has
- C. Am
- D. Complain
Explanation: The correct verb should be 'have' to agree with the plural subject 'his friends.' When using 'either/or' with a compound subject, the verb…
Correct answer: Has- A. That was
- B. That is
- C. That were
- D. That has
Explanation: The correct answer is 'that were', which is a plural verb form that agrees with the plural noun aberrations.
Correct answer: That were- A. start
- B. starting
- C. started
- D. was started
Explanation: The most appropriate verb is STARTED.She ran with quick steps to the house when it started raining.
Correct answer: started- A. can
- B. could
- C. shall
- D. will
Explanation: Since the scenario explained happened in the past, 'could' would be used according to the tense, set by the sentence.
Correct answer: could- A. lives
- B. is living
- C. has lived
- D. had lived
Explanation: Facts that are always true do not need to be located in a specific time, so they are stated in the present simple.
Correct answer: lives- A. will work
- B. will be working
- C. will have been working
- D. had worked
Explanation: Future perfect continuous used to describe events that will continue up until a point in the future, emphasising their expected duration.
Correct answer: will have been working- A. has
- B. are
- C. have
- D. were
Explanation: Past perfect used to describe events that happened prior to other events in the past A lot of houses have collapsed due to storms.
Correct answer: have- A. is
- B. are
- C. was
- D. were not
Explanation: Here there is a mention of more than one child, hence it is plural and hence a plural verb, "are" should be used.
Correct answer: are- A. is
- B. are
- C. was
- D. were
Explanation: A large sum of money = collective nounA large sum of money was stolen in last night bank robbery.
Correct answer: was- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. no article
Explanation: Use of articleThe indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.I bought a new TV set…
Correct answer: a- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. no article
Explanation: The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.I think the man over…
Correct answer: the- A. start
- B. starting
- C. starts
- D. have started
Explanation: Option A is the most appropriate tense of the verb as it correctly links itself with the subject of the sentence.
Correct answer: start- A. Sat
- B. Sitting
- C. Sits
- D. Sitted
Explanation: The phrase is implied as a narration. Option B is most appropriate here as the unlike tenses of both verbs in the sentence are consistent…
Correct answer: Sitting- A. speaks
- B. spoke
- C. speaking
- D. speak
Explanation: The phrase is in present tense therefore the verb it includes must also be in present tense, making Option C the correct answer.
Correct answer: speaking- A. Plucked
- B. Pluck
- C. Plucks
- D. None of the above options is correct
Explanation: 'Will have' indicates something that would have happened in the past.
Correct answer: Plucked- A. has
- B. have
- C. had
- D. will have left
Explanation: The word "slaughter" is the subject in this sentence and since it's a singular noun, the verb that goes with it has to be singular too…
Correct answer: has- A. raining
- B. has been raining
- C. rains
- D. rained
Explanation: 'Since last night' depicts that present perfect tense continuous tense must be used, hence option B would be correct.
Correct answer: has been raining- A. sang
- B. sing
- C. are singing
- D. were singing
Explanation: 'It is a beautiful day' tells us that we are speaking in the present tense. And 'birds' is a plural noun hence 'are' will be used.
Correct answer: are singing