Verb
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Verb
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81. Any of these books ______ good. SSC
Answer: 'Any of' usually takes a singular verb.
82. Economics ______ an interesting subject. SSC
Answer: Subject name.
83. Scissors ______ used for cutting. SSC
Answer: 'Scissors' is a pair noun and is plural.
84. Fifty kilometers ______ a long distance. SSC
Answer: Distance as a unit is singular.
85. One of the pens ______ leaking. SSC
Answer: 'One of' takes a singular verb.
86. Many a flower ______ unseen. SSC
Answer: 'Many a' + singular noun takes a singular verb.
87. A boy and a girl ______ dancing. SSC
Answer: Two people joined by 'and'.
88. A black and white cow ______ grazing. SSC
Answer: 'A black and white cow' refers to one cow with two colors.
89. Questions, in addition to the lecture, ______ asked. SSC
Answer: Verb agrees with 'Questions' (plural).
90. Has he or you ______ this? SSC
Answer: Standard V3 form required for 'Has/Have'. Strictly, 'Have you or he done this' is better, but 'Has he or you done' uses the V3 'done'.
91. None of the students ______ finished. SSC
Answer: 'None' is traditionally singular.
92. The Arabian Nights ______ a famous book. SSC
Answer: Book title.
93. Thanks ______ given to the guest. SSC
Answer: 'Thanks' is plural.
94. Stationery ______ sold here. SSC
Answer: 'Stationery' is uncountable.
95. He is one of the men who ______ to fish. SSC
Answer: 'Who' refers to 'men' (plural).
96. More than one village ______ destroyed. SSC
Answer: 'More than one' takes a singular noun and verb.
97. My mother and my aunt ______ cooking. SSC
Answer: Two separate subjects.
98. Whisky and soda ______ his only drink. SSC
Answer: Treated as a single mixture/drink.
99. The father, rather than the children, ______ to blame. SSC
Answer: Verb agrees with 'father'.
100. None but the brave ______ the fair. SSC
Answer: 'The brave' is a plural noun (class of people).