Class 5 Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise

Question 1) Complete the following paragraph with the suitable verb.

India ______ (end) their two week’s Australian tour on a high note on Sunday _____ (beat) the host nation. Before this, India ______ (be) lost five matches against the Australians. The last it _____ (won) ______ (be) a league match in 2002. The Indians ______ (set) up in win in a three goal, eight minute stretch either side of half time. India ______ (lead) 2-0 at half time. The Indian captain Dhanraj Pillay ____ (be) in brilliant form _____ (make) the final pass and ____ (display) the composure and experience that has earned him a world record of 366 international cups.

Question 2) Complete the paragraph by using proper subject verb agreement.

Most Indians believe that your name ______ (be) very important because it _____ (be) the name the world will call you forever. They _______ (believe) that choosing a name for a child______ (be) something that should be taken very seriously. We often _____ (has) strong feelings about our name.

Our name _____ (be) part of who we _____ (be). Some of us ____ (do) not like our names and would like to change them. But we can’t change our names as they ______ (be) used in papers since our birth. If we strongly ______ (want) to change them we _____ (has) to fulfill some legal formalities.

Question 3) Fill in the blanks with the correct verb from the brackets.

1. The family dog ………….. (is/are) named ginger.

2. Ginger …………… (is /are) a golden Labrador.

3. The silly dog ………….. (love/loves) to make a lot  of noise when  he is alone.

4. The neighbors ……….. (laugh/laughs) at him when he does his silly tricks.

5.   He also ………….. (chase/chases) pigeons in the balcony.

6. I am not sure what he …………. (think/thinks) they are.

7. I don’t think he ………….. (has/have) ever caught one.

8. But I ………… (like/likes) him  a lot ………..(are/is) you sure like him too?

Question 4) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in brackets.

1. The dog ……….. (bark/barks) when it is hungry.

2. The dogs……….. (barks/barks) when they are hungry.

3. The lions ……….. (roar/roars) when they are angry.

4. The lion …………roar/roars) when it is angry.

5. The teachers …………… (help/helps) us when we are confused.

6. The teacher ………….. (help/helps) us when we are confused.

7. The doctor…………. (treat/treats) the patients every evening.

8. The doctors…………….. (treat/treats) the patients every evening.

9. Salman ……………… (like/likes) to visit the museum.

10. Salman’s friends………………. (like/likes) to visit the museum.

11. The new green cups…………… (is/are) broken .

12. The new green cup………. (is/are) broken.

13. I …………….. (say/says) my prayer before going to bed.

14. They……………. (say/says) their prayers before going to bed.

15. The shirts Tenzing bought yesterday ………….. (was/were) good.

16. The shirt Tenzing bought yesterday ……………….. (was/were) good.