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Practice Time 1

A. Select the correct form of the verbs given in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. The cake ___________ fresh enough to eat. (is/are)
2. The mangoes ___________ not yet ripe. (is/are)

3. Every morning, she ___________ at the temple. (sing/sings)

4. All these children ___________ to school. (cycle/cycles)
5. I ___________ not know how to open this lock. (do/does)

6. Vikram ___________ across the pool in 5 minutes! (swim/swims)

B. Correct the following sentences.
1. That picture are worth a lot of money.

2. Have my pair of jeans been washed?
3. Ten candles was burning on the railing.
4. The leaders regularly meets at the Assembly Hall.

5. A bundle of sticks are not too heavy to carry.
6. All the pencils, including the broken one, is in the box.

C. Tick () the sentences with the correct subject–verb agreement.

1. We are playing the final match today.

2. The table (which was overloaded) was squeaking on its legs.

3. My cousins and my aunt are travelling to Hawaii.
4. Many of the children was playing in the rain.

5. Only some of the cake were left on the plate.

6. Some of the boxes were completely destroyed.

7. Both Jerry and Vikram is going on a trip.

8. Five hundred rupees are a very poor salary. Subject-Verb Agreement

9. Few people are still hoping to catch a glimpse of the star.

10. Shweta and Sheela is going to catch the bus.

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