GRAMMAR

 

Exercise 1: Tenses

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

1. Every Monday, our Science teacher _________ the experiments before the students perform them. (demonstrate)
2. The students of our class _________ a model of the solar system in the Science Lab when the Principal arrived. (prepare)
3. By the time the morning assembly begins tomorrow, the Music Club _________ the instruments. (arrange)
4. Our English teacher _________ the poem while the students listened carefully yesterday. (explain)
5. Riya _________ her Mathematics homework before she joined the Art Club activity yesterday. (complete)
6. The school bus _________ before Rahul reached the school gate this morning. (leave)
7. The Geography teacher _________ about climate change since the beginning of this week. (teach)
8. Look! The librarian _________ new books on the shelves. (arrange)
9. We _________ our Annual Day programme for the last two weeks. (practise)
10. If you revise your lessons regularly, you _________ better marks in the final examination. (score)

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Exercise 2: Subject Verb Agreement

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

1. Every student in our class ________ a school diary. (have)

2. Neither the Principal nor the teachers ________ present at the seminar yesterday. (be)

3. A number of students ________ for the quiz competition every year. (volunteer)

4. The number of books in our library ________ increased this session. (have)

5. Either the monitor or the players ________ responsible for arranging the sports equipment. (be)

6. The bouquet of flowers ________ on the teacher's table yesterday. (be)

7. Everyone ________ excited before the Annual Day programme. (feel)

8. There ________ many charts on the classroom walls. (be)

9. Bread and butter ________ my favourite breakfast. (be)

10. Five kilometres ________ a long distance for young children to walk. (be)

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Exercise 3: Subject Verb Agreement

Editing

The following paragraph contains some errors in subject–verb agreement. However, not every verb is incorrect. Find and correct only the incorrect verbs. Rewrite the paragraph.

Our class is preparing for the Science Exhibition. Every student have an important role to play. The teachers guides us whenever we need help. A number of models are almost ready. The number of working models have increased this year. Neither the Principal nor the teachers was available in the morning, so we waited patiently. There are a large model near the entrance. Everyone is excited because the exhibition begins tomorrow. The team works together and the preparations are going smoothly.

(Some verbs are already correct. Correct only the incorrect ones.)