Insert the correct form of verbs in spaces in the following sentences: 1. A good dictionary……. A lot. (Costs) 2. These five chairs …….. a thousand rupees. (Costs) 3. Ten kilometers ……. a long distance on foot. (be) 4.

Sita ……. next to my house. (live) 5. Bread and butter ….. a healthy meal. (be) 6. One of these three boys…….. first in his class every year. (Standing) 7. My dragon …….. very high in the sky. (Fly) 8.

You ……. dark. (lok) 9. All students of this school …….. English. (learn) 10. My lawn ……. very nice in spring. (watch) Answers: 1. Costs 2. Costs 3.

is 4. lives 5. is 6. is 7. flies 8. look at 9. learn Insert is` or are` in the following sentences: 1. There ……. two boys standing there. 2. There ……..

many students at school. 3. Today there is …….. many boys are absent from the class. 4. If you need money, there is …….. some in my coat pocket. 5. There …….. sixteen players selected for a tour of Australia. 6. There ……..

a good balance of emotions and intelligence in him. 7. There ….. nothing to be so happy. 8. …….. is there anyone? 9. There …….. no light here.

10. There is ……. complete darkness inside. Answers: 1. are 2. are 3. are 4. is 5. are 6. is 7.

is 8. is 9. is 10. A verb must correspond to its subject in number and person. (a) If the subject is the third person singular, most English verbs end in -s or -es, but there is no third-person plural -s or -es. 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 (i) The verb “to be” and its forms are exceptions to this rule: He is a friend. I am your friend. They are friends. b) A singular subject is sometimes confused with the plural, e.B. when it begins with (one or the other, neither, etc.). Remember that these should be considered singular.

Each of you is wrong. None of them work here. One of the teachers teaches English. Paste the correct shape of the present into the spaces. Verbs are in parentheses. 1. A new home ….. a lot of money.

(Costs) 2. The new car ….. like clappers. (run) 3. Most things…….. more than before. (Costs) 4. This aircraft ……. faster than The Sound.

(Fly) 5. The lawn ……. nice in summer. (watch) 6. These children ……. very healthy. (watch) 7. One of the players……. of my village. (coming soon) 8.

These people ….. to us in their own cars. (coming soon) Answers: 1. Costs 2. Operation 3. Costs 4. Flies 5. Looks 6. look 7. comes 8. Come (d) If the subject is plural but represents a single number or together, it takes a singular verb.

A hundred kilometers is a long distance. A thousand rupees is not a lot these days. Dal and Roti is a common food of northern India. A Thousand Miles Under the Sea is a famous novel. (ii) May, must, can and must become and auxiliaries and should not have an “s” in the singular or plural. What the Lord asks, the servant will do. What the masters will demand, the servants will do. If “will” is a complete verb that means desire, it follows the rule for most other verbs and takes “-s” if the subject is the third person singular. Whatever God wants, man cannot change. Verbs ending in `y and having a consonant before this `y, the `y` turns into T and `-it is added when the subject is the third person singular. Ram is counting on me.

He does his best. He flies a kite. (b) Neena, my classmate and friend, goes abroad. (c) When a sentence begins with “there”, the verb corresponds to the actual subject that comes after the verb. This is John. There are fifty students in my class. (c) Physics and mathematics are both an interesting topic. Paste is` or are` in spaces. 1.

There…. no restaurants in this village. 2. There…… one person in the cabin. 3. There ….. nothing to fear. 4. There ….. Little hope that he will accept the proposal. 5.

There…. a cow standing in the shade. 6. There ….. several temples in this city. 7. There …. many beautiful paintings. 8. There …..

some sweets in this box. 9. There…. a storm. 10. There is …. a lot of noise. The underlined words in the following sentences were not used correctly. Replace it with one of the options listed under each sentence: Question 1.

A long time ago, there was a king named Dashrath. (a) is (b) on (c) are (d) was (d) Neither Mudit nor his friends go on a school trip. Chapter 10 | Read | To understand the Class 8(a) English practice book, Mr. Chopra and his subordinates worked more than ten hours a day. Chapter 5 | Complex clauses and sentences| Class 8 English Practice Book Fill in the gaps in the following sentences and remove the best option from the parentheses: 1. The quality of apples (was/was/was/is/hat) is not good. 2. Fire and water (do/do/do/do)do not match.

3. Time and tides (wait/wait/wait/wait) for none. 4. Justice, as well as mercy (allow/allow/allow/allow) 5. Neither the teacher nor the students (is/am/are/what) at school. 6. Many men (have/have/are/are) have done this. 7.

The news (was/were/had/have) good. 8. The Committee (east/east/war/a) disagrees on a small point. 9. .