Question 5. Mohan and Shyam (a) ……………….. my best friends. You always have (b) ……………….. me in my work. None of them (c) ….. Football. I (d) ………….. never (e) …….. they are wasting their time. Neither Mohan nor Shyam (f) ………….. lazy.

Each of them (g) ….. very active. All the students in my class (h) …………….. they. Answer: (a) are (b) help (c) cheek (d) have (e) seen (f) is (h) like the 11th plural nouns with a singular meaning: nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning usually assume a singular verb: these subjects are also singular, although they speak of a group of people. Countless nouns such as furniture, sugar, rice, equipment, etc. are considered singular subjects and receive a singular verb. Question 6. Fill in the gaps with the correct verb in parentheses: (a) Mathematics …..

(is/are) my favorite topic. (b) Policy …………………….. (is/are) not my cup of tea. c) The poet and philosopher Rahim ………….. (is/are) deceased. (d) Mohan no less than you………………….. (is/are) guilty. e) This message ……….. (is/are) false. Bread and butter ………..

(is/are) my favorite breakfast. Answer: (a) is (b) is (c) a (d) are (e) is (f) is question 9. Fill in the gaps with the correct verb form: (a) Thousand rupees …………….. a big amount for me. b) If I ……………….. a bird, I would fly. (c) Each of the girls ………….. received an award.

(d) Four weeks …………….. a good holiday. (e) My father …………….. don`t read like comics. f) He walks as if he were ………….. lame. Answer: (a) is (b) where (c) a (d) is (e) tut (f) were 15. Some nouns, which appear to be plural in form when preceded by a pair of, take a singular verb, for example, shoes, scissors, pants, etc. (ii) The second person singular or plural takes a singular verb: 5.

One of + plural noun: If the subject consists of ”one of + plural noun”, the singular verb is singular: In this English lesson, you will learn some more advanced cases of subject-verb correspondence that confuse many learners. Question 8. Fill in the gaps with the correct verb form: (a) The majority of applicants ….. Daughter. b) Neither of these two boys ………….. well rated. c) A pair of shoes ………….. were stolen. (d) The quality of these apples ………….. . .