CBSE Class 7th English Grammar Agreement of Verb and Subject

CBSE Class 7th English Grammar Agreement of Verb and Subject

CBSE Class 7th English Grammar Agreement of Verb and Subject

English Grammar

Agreement of Verb and Subject

English Grammar With Answers

Present Tense

A verb must agree in number and person with its subject.
(a) When the subject is third person singular, most English verbs end in -s or -es but there is no -s or -es with third person plural.
He goes to school.
They go to school.

(c) When a sentence begins with ‘there’ the verb agrees with the real subject that comes after the verb.

(b) A singular subject is sometimes mistaken as plural e.g. when(it starts with (one of, either, neither etc.). Remember that these must be taken as singular.
Either of you is wrong.
Neither of them works here.
One of the teachers teaches English.

There comes John.
There are fifty students in my class.

(d) When the subject is plural but represents a single figure or quantity, it takes a singular verb.
A hundred kilometres is a long distance.

Exercise 1 (Solved)

Insert the correct form of the verbs in the blank spaces in the following sentences:
1. A good dictionary …………. a lot. (cost)
2. These five chairs …………. one thousand rupees. (cost)
3. Ten kilometres …………. a long distance to walk. (be)
4. Sita …………. next to my house. (live)
5. Bread and butter …………. a wholesome food. (be)
?‍♂️Answer:
1. costs
2. cost
3. is
4. lives
5. is

Exercise 2 (Solved)

Insert ‘is’ or ‘are’ in the following sentences :
1. There …………. two boys standing there.
2. There …………. many students in the school.
3. Today, there …………. many boys missing from the class.
4. If you need some money, there …………. some in my coat pocket.
5. There …………. sixteen players selected to tour Australia.
?‍♂️Answer:
1. are
2. are
3. are
4. is
5. are

Exercise 3 (Solved)

Insert the correct form of the present tense in the blank spaces. The verbs are in the brackets.
1. A new house …………. a lot of money. (cost)
2. The new car …………. very fast. (run)
3. Most things …………. more than they did before. (cost)
4. This aeroplane …………. quicker than sound. (fly)
5. The lawn …………. beautiful in summer. (look)
?‍♂️Answer:
1. costs
2. runs
3. cost
4. flies
5. looks

Exercise 4 (Solved)

Rearrange the following into meaningful sentences :
1. all the pupils / English / in our school / learn
2. the owner / lives / is / in a large house / and / very rich
3. Some people / as it / travelling / them sea-sick / dislike / makes / by sea
4. to walk / a long way / is / ten miles
5. The Rose / and / Crown / High Street / situated / is / in / the
?‍♂️Answer:
1. All the pupils in our school learn English.
2. The owner is very rich and lives in a large house.
3. Some people dislike travelling by sea as it makes them sea-sick.
4. Ten miles is a long way to walk.
5. The Rose and Crown is situated in the High Street.

Exercise 5 (Solved)

The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it in your answer sheet along with one word that comes before ft and the one that comes after it.
Long ago, there a king called Midas. (a) _______
He was very rich and a daughter called (b) _______
Marigold. Midas gold more than anything (c) _______
else in the world. When he golden light (d) _______
of the sun he wished he turn it into (e) _______
gold. Even the roses did not him because (f) _______
They not made of gold. (g) _______
?‍♂️Answer:
(a) there was a
(b) and had a
(c) Midas loved gold
(d) he saw golden
(e) he could turn
(f) not attract him
(g) They were not

Exercise 6 (For Practice)

Insert the correct form of the verbs given in brackets in the following sentences :
1. The new aero planes …………. very fast. (fly)
2. The river …………. beautiful in summer. (look)
3. These mangoes …………. fresh. (look)
4. One of my friends …………. in the same school as myself. (read)
5. The owners of this factory …………. very rich and they …………. in large houses. (be, live)
?‍♂️Answer:
1.Fly
2. Looks
3. Look
4. Reads
5. Is lives

Exercise 7 (For Practice)

Insert ‘is’ or ‘are’ in the blank spaces.
1. There …………. several temples in this town.
2. There …………. a person inside the cabin.
3. There …………. nothing to be afraid of.
4. There …………. little hope of his agreeing to the proposal.
5. There …………. a cow standing in the shade.
?‍♂️Answer:
1. are
2. is
3. is
4. is
5. is

Exercise 8(For Practice)

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet. Underline your correction.
It is on small matters the people passed judgement (a) _______
upon ourselves and declared that we are (b) _______
civilized or not. The great opportunities comes rarely. (c) _______
I hoped my friend will think on it. In that (d) _______
case I thought we will be able to live more peacefully. (e) _______
?‍♂️Answer:
(a). Passed – pass
(b). Declared – declare
(c). Comes – come
(d). Hoped – hope
(e). Thought – think

CBSE/NCERT Class 7th English Grammar

• Unseen Passages Type I
• Unseen Passages Type II
• Message Writing
• Notice Writing
• Postcard Writing
• Paragraph Writing
• Paragraph Writing Based on Verbal Input
• Paragraph Writing Based on Visual Input
• Article Writing
• Speech Writing
• Letter Writing
• Application Writing
• Email Writing
• Story Writing
• The Sentence
• Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
• The Parts Of Speech
• Verb
• Tenses
• Articles
• Agreement of Verb and Subject
• Active and Passive Voice
• Reported Speech
• Word Power
• Modals
• Grammar Modals
• Integrated Exercises

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