Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz | Beginner Level | 10 Questions & Answers with Explanations

"Train" is a singular subject, so in the simple present tense it takes a verb with "-s," making "arrives" correct.

This is the most basic rule of subject-verb agreement: singular subject, singular verb.

Memory hook: he/she/it and singular nouns always add "-s" to the verb — the train arrives, just like he arrives.

"Students" is a plural subject, so it takes the plural verb form "were," not the singular "was."

Plural subjects like we/you/they and plural nouns always pair with the base or plural verb form.

Memory hook: plural subjects never take "-s" verbs — the students were waiting, not was waiting.

 When two subjects are joined by "and," they form a compound subject, and a compound subject takes a plural verb.

"Rahul and Priya" together are treated as more than one, so "are" is correct.

Memory hook: "and" adds people together, and addition means plural — Rahul and Priya are going.

"Advice" is an uncountable noun in English, so it never takes a plural "-s" form and always pairs with a singular verb.

This is why "advice was valuable" is correct, not "advices were."

Memory hook: advice, like news and information, has no plural form and is always singular — her advice was valuable.

"Team" is a collective noun, and when the group acts together as a single unit — as it does here, playing as one team — it takes a singular verb.

Indian competitive exams consistently follow this singular treatment.

Memory hook: team, jury, committee act as one body — the team is playing well.

"Everyone" is an indefinite pronoun ending in "-one," and all such pronouns (everyone, someone, anyone, no one) are always singular with no exceptions.

This is why "has" is correct rather than "have."

Memory hook: -one, -body, and -thing pronouns are always singular — everyone has completed the assignment.

"Both" always signals a plural subject since it inherently refers to two items, so it takes a plural verb — "are," not "is."

This is a straightforward but essential rule to lock in early.

Memory hook: "both" means two, and two is always plural — both the options are incorrect.

The true subject here is "quality" (singular), and "of the mangoes" is simply a prepositional phrase that doesn't change the subject's number.

Mentally crossing out "of the mangoes" leaves "the quality is poor," which is clearly correct.

Memory hook: cross out the "of" phrase to find the real subject — the quality is poor, not the mangoes.

"Politics" ends in "-s" but refers to a single subject or field of study, so it takes a singular verb like other similar words such as Mathematics and Economics.

This is a common trap because the word looks plural on the surface.

Memory hook: words like politics, physics, and mathematics look plural but act singular — politics is a dirty game.

In sentences beginning with "there," the real grammatical subject comes after the verb, and here that subject is "a problem" (singular), so "is" is correct.

The verb must always match what actually follows "there," not the word "there" itself.

Memory hook: "there" is not the subject — look at what comes after it — there is a problem, there are problems.