Class 5 English Grammar Worksheet Subject–Verb Agreement

Name: ____________ Date: ____________ Class: _____ Marks: 60


🟢 Section A: Fill in the blanks with the correct verb from the brackets.

(15 × 1 = 15 marks)

  1. The cat ______ on the wall. (sit / sits)
  2. The boys ______ in the park. (run / runs)
  3. My mother ______ delicious food. (cook / cooks)
  4. The flowers ______ beautiful. (is / are)
  5. The baby ______ loudly. (cry / cries)
  6. The stars ______ at night. (shine / shines)
  7. A tiger ______ in the forest. (live / lives)
  8. The children ______ their lesson carefully. (learn / learns)
  9. The teacher ______ us English. (teach / teaches)
  10. The buses ______ late today. (is / are)
  11. My sister ______ to music every evening. (listen / listens)
  12. The dogs ______ at strangers. (bark / barks)
  13. The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises)
  14. Rohan and Sohan ______ cricket daily. (play / plays)
  15. The bird ______ in the sky. (fly / flies)

🟢 Section B: Choose the correct option from the brackets.

(15 × 1 = 15 marks)

  1. Each of the girls ______ a ribbon. (has / have)
  2. Everyone ______ present today. (is / are)
  3. The players ______ practicing hard. (is / are)
  4. A pair of shoes ______ on the floor. (is / are)
  5. Neither the teacher nor the students ______ ready. (is / are)
  6. Bread and butter ______ my favourite breakfast. (is / are)
  7. One of the boys ______ absent. (is / are)
  8. The news ______ interesting. (is / are)
  9. Mathematics ______ my favourite subject. (is / are)
  10. Either Riya or her friends ______ coming. (is / are)
  11. The team ______ winning the match. (is / are)
  12. The cows ______ grazing in the field. (is / are)
  13. Nobody ______ the answer. (know / knows)
  14. The box of chocolates ______ empty. (is / are)
  15. There ______ many books on the shelf. (is / are)

🟢 Section C: Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs.

(10 × 1 = 10 marks)

  1. The horse ______ (run / runs) very fast.
  2. The girls ______ (dance / dances) beautifully.
  3. My father ______ (drive / drives) carefully.
  4. The leaves ______ (fall / falls) in autumn.
  5. She ______ (write / writes) neatly.
  6. The students ______ (study / studies) for exams.
  7. The lion ______ (roar / roars) loudly.
  8. The clocks ______ (tick / ticks) continuously.
  9. My friends ______ (visit / visits) me often.
  10. The baby ______ (sleep / sleeps) peacefully.

🟢 Section D: Rewrite the sentences by correcting the verbs.

(10 × 1 = 10 marks)

  1. She walk to school every day.
  2. The boys plays football.
  3. My sister and brother is at home.
  4. The dog bark at night.
  5. The teachers is kind.
  6. Riya and Meena sings well.
  7. The baby cry loudly.
  8. The cows eats grass.
  9. The sun rise in the morning.
  10. My parents is proud of me.

🟢 Section E: Circle the correct verb in each sentence.

(5 × 2 = 10 marks)

  1. The bouquet of flowers (smell / smells) nice.
  2. Either the boys or the girl (is / are) responsible.
  3. The police (is / are) investigating the case.
  4. A lot of milk (was / were) spilled.
  5. The scissors (is / are) sharp.

✅ Answer Key

Section A

  1. sits
  2. run
  3. cooks
  4. are
  5. cries
  6. shine
  7. lives
  8. learn
  9. teaches
  10. are
  11. listens
  12. bark
  13. rises
  14. play
  15. flies

Section B

  1. has
  2. is
  3. are
  4. is
  5. are
  6. is
  7. is
  8. is
  9. is
  10. are
  11. is
  12. are
  13. knows
  14. is
  15. are

Section C

  1. runs
  2. dance
  3. drives
  4. fall
  5. writes
  6. study
  7. roars
  8. tick
  9. visit
  10. sleeps

Section D

  1. She walks to school every day.
  2. The boys play football.
  3. My sister and brother are at home.
  4. The dog barks at night.
  5. The teachers are kind.
  6. Riya and Meena sing well.
  7. The baby cries loudly.
  8. The cows eat grass.
  9. The sun rises in the morning.
  10. My parents are proud of me.

Section E

  1. smells
  2. is
  3. are
  4. was
  5. are