Subject Verb Agreement

Front

His pants ____ torn during the match.

Back

were

Answer explanation

Some nouns are always considered as a plural noun like ‘pants’ in this sentence and the main verb here is in past form, so the auxiliary verb should be in plural and past form.

Front

Aron and his wife ____ the guests of the party.

Back

greets

Answer explanation

Multiple subjects are connected by ‘together with’ so only the noun before it will affect the verb.

Front

Tweezers are useful for small objects.

Back

are

Answer explanation

Some nouns are always considered as a plural noun like ‘tweezers’ in this sentence.

Front

The jury ____ not convinced.

Back

was

Answer explanation

‘jury’ is a collective noun which is always considered as a singular subject

Front

The truthful ____ always trustworthy.

Back

are

Answer explanation

The subject of this sentence is an adjective which started with ‘the’, so the verb will always be plural in this kind of situation

Front

To cry ____ never the solution to any problems.

Back

is

Answer explanation

An infinitive is used as the subject so the verb should be singular here.

Front

A number of soldiers ____ injured during the war.

Back

were

Answer explanation

The subject ‘soldier’ is accompanied by ‘A number of’ which makes it plural.

Front

He _____ to ensure things _____ smoothly.

Back

has, happen

Front

Each of us, including you, _____ coming to the party tonight.

Back

is

Front

Honesty and patience _____ his strength.

Back

is