CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Agreement Of Verb And Subject

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CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Agreement Of Verb And Subject

Present Tense

A verb must agree in number and person with its subject.

1. When the subject is third-person singular, most English verbs end in -s or -es, but there is no -s or -es on third-person plural.

He goes to school.

They go to school.

Sita goes to school.

Sita and Rama go to school.

You eat a mango.

Ram eats a mango

Exceptions:

1. The verb ‘be’ and its forms are exception to this rule :

He is a friend.

I am your friend.

They are friends.

2. Can, must, may and ought and the auxiliaries will and shall do not have ‘s’ on either singular or plural.

What the master will ask, the servant shall do.

What the masters willask, the servants shall do.

When ‘will’ is a full verb meaning desire, it follows the rule for most other verbs and takes ‘-s’ when the subject is third person singular

Whatever God wills, man cannot alter.

Verbs that end with ‘y’ and have a consonant before this ‘y’, the ‘y’ changes into T and ‘-es’ is added if the subject is third person singular.

Ram relies on me.

He tries his best.

He flies a kite

2. A singular subject is sometimes mistaken as plural

Example: when it starts with (one of, either, neither etc.). Remember that these must be taken as singular.

Either of you is wrong.

Neither of them works here.

One of the teachers teaches English.

3. When a sentence begins with ‘there’ the verb agrees with the real subject that comes after the verb.

There comes John.

There are fifty students in my class.

4. When the subject is plural but represents a single figure or quantity, it takes a singular verb.

A hundred kilometres is a long distance.

A thousand rupees is not much these days.

Dal and roti is a common North-Indian food.

A Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a famous novel.

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Agreement Of Verb And Subject Fill In The Blanks

Insert the correct form of the present tense of the verbs in the blanks in the i? Following sentences:

Question 1. A good dictionary……a lot.(cost)
Answer: costs

Question 2. These five chairs…… one thousand rupees. (cost)
Answer: cost

Question 3. Ten kilometres ……….. a long distance to walk.(be)
Answer: is

Question 4. Sita……next to my house.(live)
Answer: lives

Question 5. Bread and butter ……. a wholesome food,(be)
Answer: is

Question 6. One of these three boys ………… first in his class every year.(stand)
Answer: stands

Question 7. My kite……very high in the sky.(fly)
Answer: flies

Question 8. They……gloomy. (look)
Answer: look

Question 9. All the students in this school …. English (learn)
Answer: learn

Question 10. My lawn ……. very beautiful in spring, (look)
Answer: looks

Question 11. There……two boys standing there.
Answer: are

Question 12. There……many students in the school.
Answer: are

Question 13. Today, there……many boys missing from the class.
Answer: are

Question 14. If you need some money, there……some in my coat pocket.
Answer: is

Question 15. There ……sixteen players selected to tour Australia
Answer: are

Question 16. There……a proper balance of emotions and intelligence in him.
Answer: is

Question 17. There……nothing to be so happy about.
Answer: is

Question 18…….there anybody there?
Answer: is

Question 19. There……no light here.
Answer: is

Question 20. There……complete darkness inside
Answer: is

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar Multiple Choice Questions And Answers

Question 1.

  1. Bread and butter is his breakfast
  2. Bread and butter are his breakfast
  3. Bread and butter were his breakfast
  4. Bread and butter am his breakfast

Answer: 1. Bread and butter is his breakfast

Question 2.

  1. He with all his friends were awarded
  2. He with all his friends was awarded
  3. He with all his friends has awarded
  4. He with all his friends had awarded

Answer: 2. He with all his friends was awarded

Question 3.

  1. He, and not I, have been fined
  2. He, and not I, was been fined
  3. He, and not I, has been fined
  4. He, and not I, is been fined

Answer: 3. He, and not I, has been fined

Question 4.

  1. One of my friends live in Calcutta
  2. One ofmy friends living in Calcutta
  3. One of my friends will living in Calcutta
  4. One of my friends lives in Calcutta

Answer: 4. One of my friends lives in Calcutta

Question 5.

  1. Four kilograms of sugar are sufficient
  2. Four kilograms of sugar were sufficient
  3. Four kilograms of sugar is sufficient
  4. Four kilograms of sugar is sufficient

Answer: 4. Four kilograms ofsugar is sufficient

Question 6.

  1. Either of these boys am to blame
  2. Either of these boys is to blame
  3. Either of these boys are to blame
  4. Either of these boys were to blame

Answer: 2. Either of these boys is to blame

Question 7.

  1. Each of the boys was been given a prize
  2. Each ofthe boys were given a prize
  3. Each of the boys are given a prize
  4. Each of the boys is/was given a prize

Answer: 4. Each of the boys is/was given a prize

Question 8.

  1. The furniture in the classroom were new
  2. The furniture in the classroom is new
  3. The furniture in the classroom are new
  4. The furniture in the classroom are/ were new

Answer: 2. The furniture in the classroom is new

Question 9.

  1. Mathematics are an interesting subject
  2. Mathematics were an interesting subject
  3. Mathematics is an interesting subject
  4. Mathematics are/ were an, interesting subject

Answer: 3. Mathematics is an interesting subject

Question 10.

  1. A pair of scissors are to be brought
  2. A pair of scissors were to be brought
  3. A pair of scissors are/were to be brought
  4. A pair of scissors is to be brought

Answer: 4. A pair of scissors is to be brought

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