SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT MULTIPLE

CHOICE
Circle the correct answer and fill in the blanks
)
)) 13 )) It is only Mike,not his classmates that ________
1) Everyone ________ finished reading the lunch in the classroom.
fairy tale.
a) eat b) eats
a) has b) have
)
) 14 )) Everyone at the supermarket ________
2) Some of the students ________ left the
)

looking for the missing girl.

classroom for lunch.
a) was b) were
a) has b) have
)
Nobody ________ come for the party
)

3) yet.We're
still
waiting.
a) has b) have
)
4) Somebody ________ spilt tea on the table
)

cloth.
a) has b) have
)
Each of the teachers ________ willing to
)

5) attend
the meeting at the weekend.
a) are b) is
)
6) Neither of the two students ________ in the
)

library now.
a) is b) are
)
7) A pair of jeans ________ in the bathroom.
)

a) is b) are
)
My glasses ________ on the table this
)

8) morning.
a) was b) were
)
9) Mathematics ________ considered to be a
)

difficult school subject among students.

a) is b) are
)
10 )) Five and seven ________ twelve.
a) is b) are
)
11 )) It's not the teachers but the director of
the
school who ________ on the course
schedule.
a) decide b) decides
)
12 )) Forty percent of the milk ________ been
sold
since the morning.
a) has b) have
 ) )
15 )) Either my uncle or my 21 )) The students but not their teacher ________
grandparents ________ going decided to go for a picnic.

to buy me a laptop. a) has b) have

)
a) is b) are 22 )) Half of the soldiers ________ marching through
) the mountains.
16 )) ________ either your brothers or
mother going to buy a new flat? a) was b) were
)
a) is b) are 23 )) Somebody ________ left his car in front of mine.
) I can't go anywhere.
17 )) Six times five divided by two ________
fifteen. a) has b) have
a) is b) are )
24 )) Some of the fruit cake ________ gone.
)
18 )) Three fifths of all the money ________ a) is b) are
already )
25 )) One of the women in the dance hall ________
been spent.
just fainted.
a) has b) have
a) has b) have
)
19 )) Some of the children in the playground )
26 )) ________ either your aunts or your mother at
________ playing hide and seek.
home at the moment?
a) is b) are
a) is b) are
)
20 )) One fifth of the corn field ________ )
27 )) The club ________ meeting for the sixth time
destroyed
by the grasshoppers. this evening.

a) was b) were a) is b) are

)
28 )) Here ________ two pencils for you.
a) is b) are
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 SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT MULTIPLE CHOICE answer
key

Circle the correct answer and fill in the blanks

lunch in the classroom.
))
1) Everyone ________ finished reading a) eat b) eats
the fairy tale. )
14 )) Everyone at the supermarket ________
a) has b) have looking for the missing girl.
)
2) Some of the students ________ left the a) was b) were
)

classroom for lunch.

a) has b) have
)
Nobody ________ come for the party
)

3) yet.We're
still
waiting.
a) has b) have
)
4) Somebody ________ spilt tea on the table
)

cloth.
a) has b) have
)
Each of the teachers ________ willing to
)

5) attend
the meeting at the weekend.
a) are b) is
)
6) Neither of the two students ________ in the
)

library now.
a) is b) are
)
7) A pair of jeans ________ in the bathroom.
)

a) is b) are
)
My glasses ________ on the table this
)

8) morning.
a) was b) were
)
9) Mathematics ________ considered to be a
)

difficult school subject among students.

a) is b) are
)
10 )) Five and seven ________ twelve.
a) is b) are
)
11 )) It's not the teachers but the director of
the
school who ________ on the course
schedule.
a) decide b) decides
)
12 )) Forty percent of the milk ________ been
sold
since the morning.
a) has b) have
)
13 )) It is only Mike,not his classmates that
________
 a) has b) have
)
15 )) Either my uncle or my )
22 )) Half of the soldiers ________ marching
grandparents ________ going
through
to buy me a laptop. the mountains.
a) is b) are a) was b) were
) )
16 )) ________ either your brothers or 23 )) Somebody ________ left his car in front of
mother going to buy a new flat? mine.
a) is b) are I can't go anywhere.
) a) has b) have
17 )) Six times five divided by two ________
)
fifteen. 24 )) Some of the fruit cake ________ gone.
a) is b) are a) is b) are
) )
18 )) Three fifths of all the money ________ 25 )) One of the women in the dance hall
already ________
been spent. just fainted.
a) has b) have a) has b) have
) )
19 )) Some of the children in the playground 26 )) ________ either your aunts or your mother
________ playing hide and seek. at
a) is b) are home at the moment?
) a) is b) are
20 )) One fifth of the corn field ________
)
destroyed 27 )) The club ________ meeting for the sixth
by the grasshoppers. time
a) was b) were this evening.
) a) is b) are
21 )) The students but not their teacher
)
________ 28 )) Here ________ two pencils for you.
decided to go for a picnic. a) is b) are
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