English SUBJECT VERB CONCORD

 SUBJECT VERB CONCORD

DATE- 1/9/21

TOPICS COVERED- Explanation of subject verb through examples and ppt.

I.		Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options.
		I (a) ____ joined a reading group. Every Monday, each of the five members (b) _____a book from the library. On Saturday morning the books (c) _____ discussed at our meeting. We (d) _______ these discussions where plots and ideas are exchanged.
	(a)	(i) are	(ii) has	(iii) is	(iv) have
	(b)	(i) borrow	(ii) borrows	(iii) borrowed	(iv) borrowing
	(c)	(i) are	(ii) is	(iii) were	(iv) was
	(d)	(i) enjoyed	(ii) enjoys	(iii) enjoying	(iv) enjoy
		Every time it rains the river near our locality (a) ______.  My neighbours and I (b) _____everyone to higher ground. Floods (c) ______a lot of damage. Some of us (d) ______ to move away permanently from the area.
	(a)	(i) overflowing	(ii) overflowed	(iii) overflows	(iv) overflow
	(b)	(i) shift	(ii) shifts	(iii) shifted	(iv) shifting
	(c)	(i) caused	(ii) cause	(iii) cause	(iv) causing
	(d)	(i) wanting	(ii) want	(iii) is wanted	(iv) are wanted
		We (a)______ caught in a traffic jam today on our  way back from office . Forty five minutes (b)_____ a long time to wait in traffic. The cause of the traffic jam (c) _______ unknown. Some of the drivers (d)_______ trying to regulate the traffic.
	(a)	(i) were	(ii) was	(iii) has	(iv) have
	(b)	(i) has	(ii) is	(iii) are	(iv) have
	(c)	(i) were	(ii) has	(iii) have	(iv) was
	(d)	(i) was	(ii) is	(iii) were	(iv) are

		Dr. Jones(a) ______ written many books on the subject of health. He also (b)______ talks on  radio and Television. His (c) ________ people to eat the right type of food and exercise. He along with his wife (d)________ travelling to Singapore next month.
	(a)	(i) have	(ii) has	(iii) is					(iv) are
	(b)	(i) give	(ii) gave	(iii) gives					(iv) have given
	(c)	(i) encourages	(ii) encouraging	(iii) encouraged					(iv) encourage
	(d)	(i) is	(ii) was	(iii) were					(iv) are
2.	In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word in each sentence of the given paragraph, along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided.
						before		Missing word		after
	Tuesday is the day games at the Club House				e.g	day		for		games
	Most of them love play carrom with friends				(a)	love		to		play
	A few them play chess. One lady plays a game				(b)	few		of		them
	of solitaire sitting the corner. Half way through				(c)	sitting		in		the
	the evening there is break for refreshments.				(d)	is		a		break
3.	The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
							Error			Correction
	My friends and I am looking out for a place where we					e.g	am			are
	can hold regular youth meetings. We want the place					(a)	the			a
	where us are able to practice music , sing songs  and					(b)	us			we
	discuss  career and health issues . We has spoken					(c)	has			have
	to some people and we hopes to get a place soon.					(d)	hopes			hope