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Subject verb Agreement Test - 1
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Subject verb Agreement Test - 1

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  • Question 1/10
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    DIRECTIONS: Identify the incorrect sentence out of A, B and C. If none of these have a error, choose D.

    Each of these players(A) / have been warned (B) / not to repeat the silly mistake.(C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    Replace ‘have ’by ‘has ’.

  • Question 2/10
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    DIRECTIONS: Identify the incorrect sentence out of A, B and C. If none of these have a error, choose D.
    Lime and soda (A) / is (B) / a digestive drink. (C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    Lime and soda are Single phrase as bread and butter or day and night. So D is the correct option.

  • Question 3/10
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    Direction: The sentence given below, have three parts, indicated by (a), (b) and (c). read each sentence to find out whether there is an error. If you find an error in any part [(a), (b) or (c)] of a sentence, indicate your response by blackening the letter related to that part in the answer sheet provided. If a sentence has no error, indicate by blacking the part (d), which stands for ‘No error ’. (Ignore the error of punctuation, if any) 

    The mother as well as her children(A) / were brought (B) / to the police station for interrogation.(C) / no error(D)

     

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    According to the .Subject-Verb Agreement rule., "Subject(1st) + with/ along with together with/ as well as + Subject(2nd) + Verb "is grammatically the correct structure. However, the verb should be supplied according to the first subject. In the given question, the 1st subject(mother) is in the singular form so it will take .was. as a singular verb. Hence, was brought. will be answer.

     

     

  • Question 4/10
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    His benevolence and kindness(A) / are (B) / admired by his friends.(C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    Replace ‘are ’by ‘is ’.

  • Question 5/10
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    She never has and never will (A) / allow her only son (B) / to join politics.(C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    The verb 'allowed 'will be added after 'has 'to make the sentence grammatically correct. This is because as per the rule that in a compound sentense both auxiliary verbs and principal verbs should be mentioned separately if they differ in number, from or voice.

  • Question 6/10
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    Intelligence, as well as knowledge of the subject (A) / are required to grasp (B) / the meaning of the book.(C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    The phrase, 'as well as 'takes a singular verb. Hence, we would replace 'are 'in the given sentence by 'is 'to make it grammatically correct.

  • Question 7/10
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    Twenty officers have been dismissed and thirty left (A) / on their own(B) / no error(C)

    Solutions

    Add ‘have ’after ‘thirty ’.

  • Question 8/10
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    Every word and every line (A) / in the poems of Wordsworth (B) / sings the blessings of nature.(C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    No error in the sentence.

  • Question 9/10
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    So honestly he worked (A) / that he was rewarded (B) / by the Chairman of the company.(C) / no error(D)

    Solutions

    Replace ‘he worked ’by ‘did he work ’.

  • Question 10/10
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    Four miles (A) / are not  a long distance (B) / for a young person like you.(C) / no error (D)

    Solutions

     Four miles is not a long distance for a young person like you.

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