Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement MDCAT MCQs with answers

18 past paper MCQs on Subject-Verb Agreement, from the Writing Skills unit of MDCAT English. The year each question appeared is shown where known; tap “Show answer” for the correct option and a short solution.

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1.Which of the following sentences has correct subject verb agreement? (UHS MDCAT 2025)

  1. The teacher give the students homework.
  2. The teacher gives the students homework.
  3. The teachers gives the student homework.
  4. The teachers given the student homework.
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Correct answer: (b) The teacher gives the students homework.

A singular subject takes the singular verb, so the teacher gives.

2.Each of the boys ______ ambitious to lead the team. (KMU MDCAT 2025)

  1. have
  2. has
  3. is
  4. are
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Correct answer: (c) is

Each is singular, so the verb is singular however many boys follow it.

3.It good players who bring good name to a country. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Was
  2. Were
  3. Is
  4. Are
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Correct answer: (c) Is

The subject of the cleft sentence is it, which is singular.

4.Ethics important for a peaceful and loving society. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Have
  2. Has
  3. Are
  4. Is
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Correct answer: (d) Is

Ethics as a subject of study is singular.

5.The soup ________ good (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Taste
  2. Tastes
  3. Is tasting
  4. Has taste
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Correct answer: (b) Tastes

Soup is singular, and tastes here is a linking verb not used in the continuous.

6.A shoal of fish _________ killed by the fishermen. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Has been
  2. Have
  3. Had
  4. Has
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Correct answer: (a) Has been

The subject is shoal, which is singular, and the sense is passive: has been killed.

7.In winter, the days and nights is cold. Choose the part of the sentence that carries error: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. In winter
  2. The days
  3. And nights
  4. Is cold
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Correct answer: (a) In winter

The subject days and nights is plural, so the verb should be are, not is.

8.The earth _____ to be moving. (PMC MDCAT 2022)

  1. Seem
  2. Seemed
  3. Seeming
  4. Seems
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Correct answer: (d) Seems

The earth is singular, so the verb takes its s.

9.A full description of car accidents ______ reported. (NUMS MDCAT 2022)

  1. Are
  2. Have been
  3. Was
  4. Were
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Correct answer: (c) Was

The subject is description, which is singular.

10.Choose the correct option: (NUMS MDCAT 2022)

  1. Every one of the prisons are full.
  2. Every one of the prisons had full.
  3. Every one of the prisons have full.
  4. Every one of the prisons is full.
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Correct answer: (d) Every one of the prisons is full.

Every one is singular, so the verb is is however many prisons follow.

11.Knowledge and wisdom _____ no time for connection. (NUMS MDCAT 2022)

  1. Has
  2. Have
  3. Had
  4. Are
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Correct answer: (b) Have

Two nouns joined by and make a plural subject.

12.Each of three boys _____ to ride. (NUMS MDCAT 2022)

  1. Loves
  2. Love
  3. Are loving
  4. Have loved
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Correct answer: (a) Loves

Each is singular, so the verb takes its s.

13.Some of the books on the table __________ to me. (PMC Practice 2021)

  1. Belong
  2. Belonging
  3. Belongs
  4. Was belong
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Correct answer: (a) Belong

Some of the books is plural, so the verb is belong.

14.My parents __________ near Lahore. (PMC Practice 2021)

  1. Living
  2. Are living
  3. Lives
  4. Live
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Correct answer: (d) Live

Parents is plural, so the verb is live.

15.Sameer __________ in the park every day. (PMC Practice 2021)

  1. Run
  2. Runs
  3. Running
  4. Walk
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Correct answer: (b) Runs

Sameer is singular, so the verb takes its s.

16.None of them _______ able to solve this question. (PMC Practice 2021)

  1. Is
  2. Were
  3. Will
  4. Would
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Correct answer: (a) Is

None is treated as singular here, so the verb is is.

17.Not only the parents but also their son ______ for interview. (PMC MDCAT 2020)

  1. Has called
  2. Have called
  3. Have been called
  4. Has been called
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Correct answer: (d) Has been called

With not only but also the verb agrees with the nearer subject, son, which is singular and passive here.

18.In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT option. (UHS MDCAT 2019)

  1. It is healthful to eat a variety of food.
  2. It Were healthful to eat a variety of food.
  3. It is healthful to ate a variety of food.
  4. It were healthful to ate a variety of food.
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Correct answer: (a) It is healthful to eat a variety of food.

It is takes the singular present, and the infinitive after healthful is to eat.

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