Year 5 Grammar (Concord) Quiz

Fill in the gap with the appropriate verb in the bracket, stating your reasons.

Example: Chicken and chips _____ well on weekends. (sell/ sells)

Answer: sells (singular subject = singular verb)

Neither her sisters nor her brother _____________ to the school. (goes, go)

(a)  

As the sprinkler ( sling, slings ) the water, Clifford ( snap, snaps ) at it.

(a)  

The neighbors ( laugh, laughs ) at him.

(a)  

Answer explanation

laugh

There ( is, are ) no doubt that we ( has, have ) the world’s funniest dog.

(a)  

This ( drive, drives ) him nuts and ( make, makes ) him run in circles barking.

(a)  

The neighbor’s cat ( stalk, stalks ) him and then ( pounce, pounces) on him.

(a)  

Cats ( get, gets ) the same treatment.

(a)  

He ( do, does ) not ( want, wants ) another dog in his yard.

(a)  

Not even the squirrels in our yard ( appear, appears ) afraid of him.

(a)  

The rabbits just ( sit, sits ) and ( twitch, twitches ) their noses at him.

(a)