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Verb Usage

Description: Verb Usage
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Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

The students were reluctant to _________ a surprise test.

  1. take

  2. give


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We always use the verb 'take' to appear for a test. So,(1) is the right answer.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

Neither food nor warm clothes _________ available to the soldiers.

  1. was

  2. were


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Were' will be used because we are referring to both the things.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

If I _________ the principal, I would make home science a compulsory subject.

  1. am

  2. were


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

' Were' is used for wishes. E.g. 'If I were a mermaid.....' . 

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

The cost of all articles _________ soaring high.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. Here the subject is 'the cost' i.e. singular. Thus, auxiliary should be singular.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We are talking about cost which is singular. Hence, 'is' will be used.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

There _________ many objections to your way of doing work.

  1. is

  2. are


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Many' means plural. Hence, 'are'.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

It is he and not I who _________ to blame.

  1. am

  2. is


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Verb never relates itself to the non-acting subject. Here, the acting subject is 'he'. Hence, 'is'.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

Each of the girls _________ to have a caring husband.

  1. wishes

  2. wish


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Indiefinite pronouns like 'each', every', etc take singular auxiliary verbs.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

The poet and philosopher _________ been honoured.

  1. have

  2. has


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Common usage of article 'the' means that the subject is singular. Hence, 'has'.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

You _________ my brother, you should respect my wife.

  1. is

  2. are


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Second person 'you' always takes plural verb.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

Mitchell, along with her friends, _________ gone to attend the party.

  1. has

  2. have


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In sentences, having 'along with', 'together with', etc, verb relates to the first subject.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

Wheat, as well as, rice _________ risen in price.

  1. has

  2. have


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In sentences, having 'along with', 'together with', 'as well as', etc, verb relates to the first subject.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

Mark and I _________ great pals.

  1. am

  2. are


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Conjunction 'and' means plural subject. Hence, auxiliary verb should be plural.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

The proper formation of sentences _________ very important for correct expression.

  1. is

  2. are


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The subject here is 'formation' i.e. singular subject. Therefore, the verb has to be singular.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb abd fill in the blank.

Our happiness or misery _________ in our own hands.

  1. are

  2. is


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Conjunction 'or' means 'either one of the two', i.e. singular subject. And singular subject takes singular verb.

Directions: Choose the suitable verb and fill in the blank.

He was given the punishment to be _________ till death.

  1. hung

  2. hanged


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Hung' means 'dangling'; 'hanged' means 'strung up'.

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