Let's solve each question in the
Subject-Verb Agreement worksheet step by step. The goal is to choose the correct verb form that agrees with the subject in number (singular or plural) and tense.
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1. Rabbits ______ carrots.
- Options: liking, like, likes
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Subject: "Rabbits" → plural
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Tense: Present simple
- Plural subjects take plural verbs → "like"
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✔ Correct answer: like
> *Rabbits like carrots.*
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2. Ramu ______ the ball.
- Options: threw, throw, throwing
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Subject: "Ramu" → singular (person)
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Tense: Past tense (based on context; "threw" is past, "throw" is present, "throwing" is present participle)
- The sentence likely refers to a completed action.
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✔ Correct answer: threw
> *Ramu threw the ball.*
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3. The dog ______ his bone.
- Options: chewed, chew, chewing
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Subject: "The dog" → singular
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Tense: Past tense (implied by context — action already done)
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✔ Correct answer: chewed
> *The dog chewed his bone.*
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4. She ______ her backpack.
- Options: lose, losing, lost
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Subject: "She" → singular
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Tense: Past (we use "lost" for past)
- "Lose" = present, "losing" = present participle, "lost" = past
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✔ Correct answer: lost
> *She lost her backpack.*
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5. The dog ______ on my bed.
- Options: sleep, slept, sleeping
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Subject: "The dog" → singular
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Tense: Past (context implies it happened before now)
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✔ Correct answer: slept
> *The dog slept on my bed.*
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6. He ______ the ball.
- Options: hit, hitting, hitted
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Subject: "He" → singular
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Tense: Past
- "Hit" is an irregular verb: past tense is
hit (same as base form), not "hitted"
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✔ Correct answer: hit
> *He hit the ball.*
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✘ "Hitted" is incorrect (not a real word).
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7. The baby ______ last night.
- Options: cry, cried, crying
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Subject: "The baby" → singular
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Time clue: "last night" → past tense
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✔ Correct answer: cried
> *The baby cried last night.*
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8. The owl ______ all day.
- Options: sleep, sleeps, sleeping
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Subject: "The owl" → singular
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Tense: Present (no time marker like "yesterday", so present)
- Singular subject → singular verb → "sleeps"
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✔ Correct answer: sleeps
> *The owl sleeps all day.*
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✔ Final Answers:
1.
like
2.
threw
3.
chewed
4.
lost
5.
slept
6.
hit
7.
cried
8.
sleeps
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🔍 Summary of Rules Used:
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Plural subjects take plural verbs; singular subjects take singular verbs.
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Tense Consistency: Use past tense for actions that happened in the past (e.g., "last night", "yesterday").
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Irregular Verbs: Some verbs don’t follow regular patterns (e.g., *hit* → *hit*, not *hitted*).
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Present Simple: For general truths or habitual actions (e.g., "The owl sleeps all day").
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