Persistent Subject Verb Agreement Quiz-1

Answer - Has

When the subject is addressed as the doer of an action, we use the verb 'has' and not 'was'.

Since the subject is singular, we use 'has'.

Answer - was

With the use of the term 'every' it denotes that the subjects are singular, even though joined by 'and'. They are preceded by every and so they take singular verb.

Was is a past tense indicative form of be, and in terms of verb, it is used to denote the receiver of an action. hence we use 'was'.

Answer - do

When the subjects are joined by the conjunction 'and' they together form a plural subject. Hence, we use 'do' instead of 'does and was'.

Answer - were

Were is a plural verb used for subjects that denote plurality in their sense. here both Ranveer and Shahid were present at the event, so we use 'were'. Since the sentence denotes past presence, with the use of 'last night, we use 'were' and not 'are'.

Answer - wins

The subject of the sentence is singular, hence we take the simple form of singular verb - wins. Since it is a statement we use simple present tense and not past tense.

Answer - was

We have two subjects in the sentence but they are joined by the conjunction 'or' which shows that only one of them could have been awarded to the person. So, we use a singular verb with instead of a plural one. hence, was becomes our answer.

According to the rules of subject verb agreement, the correlative conjunctions 'either...or' take the singular form of verb. Sticking to that rule, we see that only John or Kiara, only one of the could be responsible. Hence we take singular verb - is.

Since the demonstrative noun used here is 'this we know that it is in the present tense, hence we rule out 'had been' from the answers.

Answer - is

The correct answer should be 'is' because the two subjects in this sentence are joined by 'along with'. The rule says that the conjunction 'along with' doesn't make the subjects plural, and the verb should be used in accordance with the main subject of the sentence.

here the main subject is 'Ankita' which is singular, so we go with 'is'.

Answer - has been

The list of actors - even when the noun here 'actors' is plural, the main subject 'list' is singular and the verb will indicate the main subject here. So we use a singular  verb instead of a plural one. Hence, has been becomes the correct answer.

Answer - Is

Even if the sentence uses multiple pages, the main subject here is the question which is a singular subject. Hence we take a singular verb with it. 'is' becomes our answer.