Fill in the blanks with a verb in agreement with its subject.

1.    No news ————– good news.

a)    Is
b)    Are
c)    Has
d)    Have

2.    He ——————– read the whole of the book.

a)    Is
b)    Has
c)    Have
d)    Am

3.    The poet and dramatist ——————– dead.

a)    Is
b)    Are
c)    Have
d)    Has

4.    The jury ——————- divided in their opinion.

a)    Is
b)    Are
c)    Have
d)    Has

5.    Each of the girls ——————- to get a prize.

a)    Is
b)    Are
c)    Am
d)    Were

6.    One of them ——————– committed this mistake.

a)    Has
b)    Have
c)    Is
d)    Are

7.    He is one of those people who ——————— never accepted defeat in life.

a)    Have
b)    Has
c)    Is
d)    Are

8.    If I ——————- you I would not do this.

a)    Was
b)    Were
c)    Am
d)    Are

9.    A black and white cow ——————– grazing in the field.

a)    Was
b)    Were
c)    Has
d)    Have

10.    Neither John nor Peter —————– passed.

a)    Has
b)    Have
c)    Is
d)    Are

11.    Alice is one of the girls who ——————— been selected for the audition.

a)    Has
b)    Have
c)    Is
d)    Are

12.    Each of the candidates ——————— interviewed by the Manager.

a)    Was
b)    Were
c)    Has
d)    Have

13.    The officer and his assistants ———————- yet to give a satisfactory explanation.

a)    Is
b)    Are
c)    Was
d)    Have

14.    The dacoits attacked the village and every man and woman ——————- put to death.

a)    Was
b)    Were
c)    Have
d)    Has

15.    My uncle and my guardian ——————— me to study medicine.

a)    Want
b)    Wants
c)    Is wanted
d)    Are wanted

16.    Neither Tom nor Harry —————— any rights to the property.

a)    Has
b)    Have
c)    Is
d)    Are

17.    Neither you nor Alice —————— to be capable of doing this.

a)    Seem
b)    Seems
c)    Have seemed
d)    Has seemed

18.    When the ship arrived in the port, the crew ——————— taken into custody on a charge of mutiny.

a)    Was
b)    Were
c)    Has been
d)    Have been

Answers

1.    Is
2.    Has
3.    Is (Here the nouns poet and dramatist refer to the same person.)
4.    Are
5.    Is
6.    Has
7.    Have (Here the real subject of the verb have is people, and not he.)
8.    Were (We use were, and not was, in conditional clauses expressing an impossible supposition.)
9.    Was
10.    Has
11.    Have
12.    Was
13.    Are
14.    Was
15.    Want (Here the possessive pronouns used before each noun indicate that they refer to different people.)
16.    Has
17.    Seems
18.    Were (A collective noun is followed by a plural verb when the individual members of the group are thought of.)