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Sentence correction — Subject-Verb agreement MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Read the following statements and choose the correct option. Statement 1: Each officer and each assistant has to sign the attendance sheet. Statement 2: The officer and the assistant has to sign the attendance sheet.
Repeated 'each' before singular nouns makes the subject distributive and singular. The cue in Statement 1 is 'Each officer and each assistant', so the singular verb 'has' is correct. In Statement 2, 'the officer and the assistant' refers to two distinct persons joined by 'and', so it requires 'have'; therefore only Statement 1 is correct.
Q2Assertion (A): In the sentence 'Sixty per cent of the work is complete', the singular verb 'is' is correct. Reason (R): In percentage expressions, the verb is generally decided by the noun that follows 'of'.
In percentage expressions, the verb generally agrees with the noun after 'of'. The cue is 'of the work', where 'work' is an uncountable singular noun. Therefore, 'Sixty per cent of the work is complete' correctly uses the singular verb 'is'. Since the reason states the rule that explains the assertion, option A is the only correct choice.
Q3Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I: 1. A number of applications ___ pending. 2. The number of vacancies ___ limited. 3. Ten kilometres ___ a long distance to walk. List II: P. Plural verb because the phrase means several Q. Singular verb because 'number' is the main subject R. Singular verb because the distance is treated as one unit
'A number of' means several and takes a plural verb: 'A number of applications are pending.' 'The number of' has the singular noun 'number' as its main subject, so it takes a singular verb: 'The number of vacancies is limited.' A distance is singular when treated as one whole unit: 'Ten kilometres is a long distance to walk.' Therefore the correct matching is 1-P, 2-Q, 3-R, making option A the only correct choice.
Q4Fill in the blank with the correct verb form. Each of the candidates ______ required to bring an identity card to the examination hall.
Distributive words such as 'each' take a singular verb because they refer to members of a group one by one. The cue is the subject 'Each'; 'of the candidates' is only a modifying phrase. Therefore, the only correct form is 'is': 'Each of the candidates is required...' The plural forms 'are', 'were', and 'have been' are subject-verb agreement errors.
Q5Read the following sentences and choose the option that contains only grammatically correct sentences. Statement 1: Neither the accountant nor the clerks have checked the vouchers. Statement 2: Either the files or the register is missing from the shelf. Statement 3: Neither the typist nor the stenographer are available today.
With 'either...or' and 'neither...nor', the verb normally agrees with the nearer subject. In Statement 1, the nearer subject is the plural noun 'clerks', so 'have' is correct. In Statement 2, the nearer subject is the singular noun 'register', so 'is' is correct. In Statement 3, the nearer subject is the singular noun 'stenographer', so the verb should be 'is', not 'are'. Therefore, only Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
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6Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence in the present-perfect passive. The list of selected candidates, along with their roll numbers, ___ on the notice board.
7Read the following statements and choose the correct option. Statement 1: Neither the clerk nor the assistants were present at the counter. Statement 2: Neither the assistants nor the clerk was present at the counter.
8Which sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error?
9Assertion (A): Everyone in the office are responsible for keeping records safely. Reason (R): Indefinite pronouns such as 'everyone', 'someone', and 'nobody' are usually treated as singular subjects.
10Choose the grammatically correct sentence in which 'committee' is treated as one body.
11Which one of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?
12Identify the grammatically correct sentence according to the standard nearer-subject rule.
13Consider the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): 'Everyone in the office have received the circular' is grammatically incorrect. Reason (R): Indefinite pronouns such as 'everyone', 'anyone', and 'someone' are generally singular and take singular verbs.