Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 7

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 7

Guidelines:

• The phrase "The number of" agrees with singular verb and "a number of" agrees with plural verb.
• In case of such relative pronouns as "who, which, what, that" the verb agrees with the noun before these pronouns.

1. The number of students _____ very small.

is
are


2. A number of students _____ absent.

was
were


3. The number of exams _____ less this year.

is
are


4. A number of exams ____ to be conducted this year.

is
are


5. Mr. Ramu, who ____ an english teacher, uses technology in his teaching.

is
are


6. Mr. Ramu is one of the english teachers who _____ technology in English language teaching.

use
uses


7. Mr. Harry is one of my favourite students who ____ resposibly.

acts
act


8. Prof. Satish Paul is only one of those professors who _______ me a lot.

inspire
inspires


9. Samsung S5 is one of the mobiles which _____ me a lot.

attract
attracts


10. The Hindu is only one of the news papers that ______ Sunitha Chowdary's cinema review.

prints
print

Note:

• one of those + Noun ( plural) agrees with plural verb
• only one of those + Noun ( plural) agrees with singular verb.

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