SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

His pants ____ torn during the match.

• was

• is

• were

• are

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.

Ashton, together with his wife ____ the guests of the party.

• greets

• greet

• greeting

• are greeting

Tweezers ______ always useful to handle small objects.

• may

• is

• will

• are

Answer explanation

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

The jury ____ not convinced.

• might

• was

• were

• would

Answer explanation

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

The truthful ____ always trustworthy.

• may

• are

• was

• is

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.

To cry ____ never the solution to any problems.

• are

• were

• should

• is

Answer explanation

An infinitive is used as the subject so the verb should be singular here, An infinitive verb is typically preceded by the word "to".

A number of soldiers ____ injured during the war.

• is

• were

• was

• might

Answer explanation

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

The number of deceased soldiers ____ not stored in the record book.

• were

• is

• are

• may

Answer explanation

The subject ‘deceased soldiers’ is accompanied by ‘The number of’ which makes it singular".

Here ____ the tomb of Albert Einstein.

• lies

• lie

• lying

• lied

Answer explanation

The sentence starts with ‘Here’, so the verb comes before the subject. As the subject is singular so the verb should be singular as well.

A pair of trousers ____ all that I brought along

• were

• are

• would be

• is

Answer explanation

Here the noun ‘trousers’ is preceded by ‘A pair of’ which makes it a singular subject. So the verb should be singular in this sentence.