Fill in the blanks.
1. Each student ……………………. asked to write an essay on the given topic. (was / were / has / have)
2. Neither Shyam nor Ram …………………….. there. (was / were / has / have)
3. My sister along with her family ………………………….. (live / lives / living / are living) in Chennai.
Correct the error
4. There was almost anything in the box.
5. Tom is the younger of my four children.
6. The older we grow the wiser we became.
Read the sentences given below and complete the statement using the correct option.
7. There is no light in his room. He ……………………… have gone to bed. (can / must / should / would)
8. What ……………………. you do if you lost your job? (will / would / should / must)
9. You needn’t have ………………………. For me. (to wait / waited / wait / waiting)
10. Yesterday, Mom went shopping. She came home and said to me, ‘Bring me a glass of water, please.’ Choose the correct option reporting her sentence.
a) She commands me to bring a glass of water.
b) She requested me to bring a glass of water.
c) She told me to brought a glass of water.
d) She ordered me to bring her a glass of water.
Answers
1. Each student was asked to write an essay on the given topic. (Each is followed by a singular noun and a singular verb.)
2. Neither Shyam nor Ram was there. (When we connect two singular nouns with neither/nor, the verb is singular.)
3. My sister along with her family lives in Chennai.
4. There was hardly anything in the box. / There was almost nothing in the box.
5. Tom is the youngest of my four children.
6. The older we grow the wiser we become.
7. There is no light in his room. He must have gone to bed.
8. What would you do if you lost your job?
9. You needn’t have waited for me.
10. She requested me to bring a glass of water.
