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1. The quality of products ………………………. increased over the years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) has<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) have<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) is<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) are<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: has<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. He …………………………. not work so hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) needs not<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) does not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) do not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n When need is a modal auxiliary, it does not take -s when the subject is a singular noun or pronoun. Also, questions and negatives are made without do. The modal auxiliary need is followed by an infinitive without to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. None of the applicants ………………………….. hired.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) was<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) were<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) have<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) has<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: was<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use a singular verb after none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. …………………………. you enjoy cooking?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Do<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Does<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Have<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) Has<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: Do<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. ………………………… he replied to your letter?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Do<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Does<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Has<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) Have<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: Has<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. She no longer ………………………………. here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) work<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) works<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) worked<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) working<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: works<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. A lot of people ……………………………. to immigrate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) want<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) wants<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) are wanting<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) wanting<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: want<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use a plural verb when the noun following a lot of is plural in number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 8) My jeans ……………………….. too tight for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) is<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) are<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) have<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) do<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: are<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Where ……………………….. my binoculars?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) are<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) is<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) have<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) has<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: are<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. She …………………………\u00a0 apply for that post.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) needs not<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) does not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) do not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. He ……………………………. wait any longer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) needs not<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) does not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) do not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. You ……………………….. to pay for your drinks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) need not<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) needs not<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) do not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) does not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer: do not need<\/p>\n\n\n\n When need is an ordinary verb, it is followed by a to-infinitive. Questions and negatives are made with do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject. 1. The quality of products ………………………. increased over the years. a) has b) have c) is d) are Answer: has 2....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[173,3325,3225,495],"class_list":["post-75618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-9-worksheets","tag-subject-verb-agreement","tag-subject-verb-agreement-concord","tag-subject-verb-agreement-exercise","tag-subject-verb-agreement-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75618","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75619,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75618\/revisions\/75619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}