NTT Data Subject – Verb Agreement Quiz 1

Answer - is

Whenever we use the subject ‘a pair’ of something, the pair is considered to be the main subject which is a singular noun. Hence, it takes ‘is’ even if the object is in plural form ‘tweezers’. Had it only been tweezers, then we could have used ‘are’ but ‘a pair of tweezers’ will take ‘is’.

Answer - Are

Since the two main subjects ‘cat and dog’ are joined by the conjunction ‘and’ we will use ‘are’ as the main verb here to agree with the plural subject.

Answer - gets

According to the rule of subject verb agreement, whenever we have the subject ‘each’ in a sentence, we always use a singular verb with it. In grammar a singular verb always carries an s or an es with it. Hence, the answer here is ‘gets’.

Answer - Loses

Whenever we use ‘either….or’ the subject nearest to the blank decides the verb and here KKR is a single team so we use a singular verb. Hence ‘loses’ is the answer.

Answer - have

Here the subject is the lobsters which is a plural subject hence it will take a plural form of verb ‘have’. We cannot use a past tense form of the verb ‘had’ with would because it always takes an indefinite form of tense (simple present tense).

Answer - has been

When any two subjects are joined with ‘as well as’ or ‘along with’ the verb depends on the first subject itself. Here, the first subject is ‘the coach’ which is singular so we take a singular verb ‘has been’.

Answer - Needs, bury his

While using ‘every’ in a sentence to denote the main subject, the verb that follows it is always singular. So the first blank should be filled with ‘needs’. The second blank however again refers to the main subject and since it is singular, we cannot use ‘theirs’. So the second blank will take ‘his’. Now because the first blank is the main verb and the second blank is the action verb, we will not use a singular form here, it will take ‘bury’ and not ‘buries’. So the second blank will take ‘bury his’.

Answer - Believes, do not support

The first blank will take ‘believes’ because the subject ‘he’ is singular. Belief is a noun while believe is a verb. Here, we need a verb so we choose the singular form ‘believes’. For the next blank, the subject ‘I’ is always followed by a plural verb. So we use ‘do not support’. ‘Does’ is a singular form of ‘do’.

Answer - rates

The structure of the sentence is in present tense because it is a universal fact (of all time) so we cannot use a past tense (would be rated). Since, the subject here is singular (series of Robert Langdon) it will take a singular verb ‘rates’.

Answer - begins

Here, the subject is ‘the journey’ which is singular, hence we take a singular verb ‘begins’. Had began is incorrect because with ‘had’ we always use the third form of verb or a past participle ‘begun’.