{"id":1510,"date":"2016-09-23T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T16:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2020-09-20T03:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T03:49:38","slug":"subject-verb-agreement-class-3-grammar-worksheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/subject-verb-agreement-class-3-grammar-worksheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Subject-verb agreement | Class 3 grammar worksheets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The verb has to agree with the subject in number (singular\/plural) and person (first person\/second person\/third person). A singular subject requires a singular verb. Likewise a plural subject requires a plural verb.<\/p>\n<p>Do you understand the basic rules of subject-verb agreement? Watch our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6YiCd46Wsvc\">Youtube video for easy explanations of subject-verb agreement rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Complete the following sentences using a verb form that agrees with the subject.<\/p>\n<p>1. A large number of students \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. absent today. (is \/ are)<\/p>\n<p>2. The majority of criminals \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. non-violent. (is \/ are)<\/p>\n<p>3. A lot of problems \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 caused by poverty. (is \/ are)<\/p>\n<p>4. Our team \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 won. (has \/ have)<\/p>\n<p>5. The police \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 caught the thief. (has \/ have)<\/p>\n<p>6. My family \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. four members. (has \/ have)<\/p>\n<p>7. The information \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. correct. (is \/ are)<\/p>\n<p>8. The news \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. wrong. (is \/ are)<\/p>\n<p>9. Gulliver\u2019s Travels \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. a famous book. (is \/ are)<\/p>\n<p>10. A number of people \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 gone missing. (have \/ has)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. A large number of students <strong>are<\/strong> absent today.<\/p>\n<p>2. The majority of criminals <strong>are<\/strong> non-violent.<\/p>\n<p>3. A lot of problems <strong>are<\/strong> caused by poverty.<\/p>\n<p>4. Our team <strong>has<\/strong> won.<\/p>\n<p>5. The police <strong>have<\/strong> caught the thief.<\/p>\n<p>6. My family <strong>has<\/strong> four members. (Collective nouns are usually followed by singular verbs. Plural verbs are also possible.)<\/p>\n<p>7. The information<strong> is<\/strong> correct.<\/p>\n<p>8. The news <strong>is<\/strong> wrong.<\/p>\n<p>9. Gulliver\u2019s Travels <strong>is<\/strong> a famous book. (Names of books are always singular.)<\/p>\n<p>10. A number of people <strong>have<\/strong> gone missing. (Use a plural verb after \u2018a number of\u2026\u2019 and a singular verb after \u2018the number of \u2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The verb has to agree with the subject in number (singular\/plural) and person (first person\/second person\/third person). A singular subject requires a singular verb. Likewise a plural subject requires a plural verb. Do you&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320],"tags":[173],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-3-worksheets-cbse-grammar-worksheets-2","tag-subject-verb-agreement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74801,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/74801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}