Subject – Verb Agreement Worksheet for Class 3

If the subject is singular, the verb should be singular. If the subject is plural, the verb should be plural.

The auxiliaries is, was, has and does are used with singular subjects.

The auxiliaries are, were, have and do are used with plural subjects.

The auxiliary am is used with the pronoun I.

In the simple present tense, the verb takes the marker -s when the subject is a singular noun/pronoun.

• She sings really well. (NOT She sing really well.)

Worksheet 1

Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject.

1. My father ………………… an accountant. (is / are)

2. He …………………. in a bank. (work / works)

3. The sun ………………….. in the east. (rise / rises)

4. The students  ………………….. making a lot of noise. (is / are)

5. Where ………………… you going? (is / are)

6. Who ………………… that woman? (is / are)

7. We …………………. curd from milk. (make / makes)

8. Who ………………… me better? (know / knows)

9. She …………………… in a large house. (live / lives)

10. I ………………… singing and dancing. (enjoy / enjoys)

11. All children ………………….. ice cream. (love / loves)

12. This news …………………. false. (is / are)

13. Meera ………………… just like her mother. (look / looks)

14. The students ………………….. writing their exam. (is / are)

15. Who ………………… those boys? (is / are)

16. Where ………………… my glasses? (is / are)

17. This ……………….. an interesting book. (is / are)

18. The library …………………… a large collection of books. (has / have)

19. Birds …………………. feathers and wings. (has / have)

20. Tigers and lions ………………… in jungles. (live / lives)

Answers

1. is, 2. works, 3. rises, 4. are, 5. are, 6. is, 7. make, 8. knows, 9. lives, 10. enjoy, 11. love, 12. is, 13. looks, 14. are, 15. are, 16. are, 17. is, 18. has, 19. have, 20. live

Worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject.

1. My brother …………………… to run his own business. (want / wants)

2. Sneha ……………….. poor kids. (teach / teaches)

3. Who …………………. after patients in a hospital? (look / looks)

4. He ………………… written a number of books. (has / have)

5. I ……………… a lot of books. (read / reads)

6. Masons …………………… homes. (build / builds)

7. I ………………….. bright colours. (like / likes)

8. Summers …………………. hot and winters …………………… cold. (is /are)

9. There ………………….. seven days in a week. (is / are)

10. How many months …………………… there in a year? (is / are)

11. My brother …………………. reading science fiction. (enjoy / enjoys)

12. There …………………… many apples on the tree? (are / is)

13. The birds ……………….. chirping. (is / are)

14. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn …………………. a famous novel. (is / are)

15. I ………………….. borrowed some books from the library. (has / have)

Answers

1. wants, 2. teaches, 3. looks, 4. has, 5. read, 6. build, 7. like, 8. are, are, 9. are, 10. are, 11. enjoys, 12. are, 13. are, 14. is, 15. have