Tense and Verb: Agreement of subject and verb

Tenses review exercise

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form.

1. We …………………. the railway station before the train came.

a) had reached

b) has reached

c) reached

d) was reached

2. His parents do not ………………………. with him.

a) live

b) lives

c) living

d) lived

3. I ……………………… working at this company for 25 years by next Christmas.

a) will be

b) will have been

c) am

d) would be

4. Peter …………………… 87 runs before rain interrupted the match.

a) scored

b) has scored

c) had scored

d) have scored

5. I ……………………… him twice before he left for New York.

a) saw

b) have seen

c) had seen

d) seen

6. When I visited her she …………………… bed-ridden for six months.

a) was

b) has been

c) had been

d) were

7. I ………………………. school last year.

a) left

b) had left

c) leaved

d) was leaving

8. There ……………………… a famine in Bengal in 1982.

a) was

b) has been

c) were

d) had been

9. John has ………………………. home.

a) went

b) go

c) gone

d) going

Subject verb agreement worksheet

Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of verb. Choose the answers from the options given in the brackets.

1. One of my friends ……………………….. gone to France. (has / have)

2. Each of the boys ………………………. given a present. (was / were)

3. Neither of the contestants ……………………….. able to win a decisive victory. (was / were)

4. Oil and water ……………………….. not mix. (do / does)

5. He and I ……………………….. at Oxford together. ( was / were)

6. Slow and steady …………………….. the race. (win / wins)

7. Neither Peter nor James …………………….. any right to the property. (has / have)

8. No prize or medal ………………….. given to the boy, though he stood first in the examination. (was / were)

9. Either Mary or Alice …………………… responsible for this. (is / are)

10. Neither the Minister nor his colleagues ………………………… given any explanation for this. (have / has)