Assignment

quality answers required.

fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.
1. the proprietor and director appointed her. (has/have)
2. my cousins as well as . (are/am)
3. either meeta or her sisters
to be blamed. (is/are)
4. the jury divided in their opinions. (was/were)
5. none of his read today. (is/are)
6. the midnight's children
written by salman rushdie. (was/were)
7. the quality of the sarees not good. (was/were)
8. the size of the curtains irregular. (is/are)
9. fifty thousand rupees a good sum. (is/are)
10. neither of the two candidates present. (was/were)
11. mohit, as well as his friends, won the competition. (has/have)
12. twenty kilometres a long distance to go on foot. (is/are)
13. many a injured in the accident. (was/were)
14. neither the teacher nor his students.
15. one of the boys appointed as the monitor. (was/were)

Explanation:

have – there are two people, so it is pluralare – it refers to a cousin and the narrator, so plural are – Meeta is singular, but sisters are plural, therefore answer must be used for plural nounwas – even though the jury is consisting of the more than one person, they are treated as the singular groupby the rules, both are or is can be used, however, are sounds more natural with the plural noun "books"was – it refers to the name of the book which is The Midnight's Children not the nook itself, so it is singular was – it refers to the quality which is singular, not the sareesis – it refers to the size, a singular, not the curtainsis – it refers to the sum, which is a singular noun was – each of the candidates is singularhave – Mohit and the friends are plural number of peopleis – it refers to the distance, which is a singular nounwas – a women is a singularThis one is not the full question, the full one should be "Neither the teacher nor his students (is/are) in the class" The answer is are because it refers to the plural number of people with teacher and the studentswas – it refers to only one person, as it says "one of the boys", therefore it is singular