Subject-Verb-Agreement

Subject-Verb-Agreement

Part -30

1.Half of the land _____ (was/were) fertile.

2.Some of the girls ____ (is/are) beautiful 

3.Some of the milk______( is/are) spilt.

4.One-Fourth of the house______( is/are) occupied.

5.Two-Third of questions ______(are/is) still unsolved.

6.The great poet and novelist ___(is /are)dead.

7.All that glitters___ (is/are) not gold.

(8) Each of the boys ____(was/were) given a prize.

(9) Salim as well as his friend (is/are) honest.

(10) Time and tide ______(wait/waits) for none.

(11) Neither of the girls___ (has/have) brought her book.

(12) None but the brave_____ (deserve/deserves) the fair.

(13) Three-fourths of the meal_____ (was/were) eaten.

(14) Either you or he____ (has/have) done it.

(15) Slow and steady______ (win/wins) the race.

(16) Not she but her friends _____(is/are) guilty.

(17) She and not her friends _____(is/are) guilty.

(18)None of us____( is/are) free from sin.

(19)Nothing but a student ____( is/are) there. 

(20)Nothing but the students ____( is/are) there. 

(21) The horse and carriage ____( is/are) standing at the door.

(22) Bread and butter ____( is/are) a rich food.

(23)The lock and key of the flat ____(_was/were ) delivered to the tenant. 

(24)Crown and glory ____(exist/exists) together.

25.Time & tide_____(wait/ wait) for none.