Fill in the correct form of verb in agreement with its subject -
The ebb and flow of the tides _____ explained by Newton.
Important Questions on Subject-Verb Agreement
In the following sentence, a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentence carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word belongs to.
There is a visitor for you.
Directions: The sentence given below is divided into some parts. The first part of the sentence remains static. Rearrange these parts to form a meaningful statement and choose the correct sequence from the options.
Even our own languages
A - it that the native speakers hardly
B - have contributed words to
C - consider foreign anymore
Given below is a sentence with a bold word. Identify the part of speech of the bold words. Choose the response which is the most appropriate expression.
The cat loves comfort.
Direction: Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.
The sentence has three parts, indicated by (A), (B) and (C). Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error. If you find an error in any one of the parts (A, B, C), indicate your response by marking the letter related to that part. If the sentence has no error, indicate this by marking (D) which stands for 'no error'. Errors may belong to grammar usage or idioms. Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
Fill in the blank(s) with appropriate word(s).
Bread and butter _____ essential for life.
Fill in the blank(s) with appropriate word(s).
Day after day _____ passed.
When ice and water exists together on the same volume, the temperature remains constant.
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Around the world, forests are being (i) at a rate of about thirteen million hectares a year and deforestation accounts for an estimated 17% - 20% of all global emissions. In addition, forests and other terrestrial carbon sinks play a (ii) role in preventing runaway climate change, soaking up a full 2.6 Gt of atmospheric carbon every year. The destruction of forests, therefore, not only emits carbon - a staggering 1.6 Gt a year, which severely (iii) forests capacity to absorb emissions from other sources - but also drastically (iv) the amount of forested land available to act as a carbon sink in the future.
However, the effects of deforestation extend beyond carbon. Rainforests (v) a wide variety of ecosystems services, from regulating rainfall to purifying groundwater and keeping fertile soil from (vi). Deforestation in one area can seriously damage food production and (vii) to clean water in an entire region. The value of global ecosystem services has been estimated at 33 trillion USD each year (almost half of global GDP), but these services have been taken for granted without a mechanism to make the market reflect their value. Rainforests are also a home and (viii) of income for a huge number of people in Africa, Asia and South America. (ix) this, economic pressures frequently drive both local communities and national governments in the developing world to (x) these forests in ways that are unsustainable, clear-cutting vast areas for fuel, timber, mining, agricultural land.
Find the missing word at (v)
The sentence has three parts, indicated by (A), (B) and (C). Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error. If you find an error in any one of the parts (A, B, C), indicate your response by marking the letter related to that part. If the sentence has no error, indicate this by marking (D) which stands for 'no error'. Errors may belong to grammar usage or idioms. Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
Direction: Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.
The sentence has three parts, indicated by (A), (B) and (C). Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error. If you find an error in any one of the parts (A, B, C), indicate your response by marking the letter related to that part. If the sentence has no error, indicate this by marking (D) which stands for 'no error'. Errors may belong to grammar usage or idioms. Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
(a) When two vowel (b) sounds occurs in direct succession, (c) the transition between them is often difficult to make (d) No error
Directions: In the following question, a sentence is divided into some parts. Choose the part which is grammatically or contextually incorrect. In case there is no error, choose 'No error' as your answer.
India is (a)/ one of the leading (b)/ film producing country (c)/ in the world. (d)/ No error (e)
Direction: Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.
Direction: Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.
Direction: Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.
