Day 14 worksheet - Common Mistakes with Verbs
Worksheet: Common Mistakes
Subject Verb Agreement- Ab initio
A. Fill in the correct form of the verb (to be) in the present tense (is, are).
1. The employees ________ having food in the cafeteria.
2. The tourists __________ famished since they lost their wallets in Paris.
3. Physics __________ my favourite class.
4. The robbers broke everything and ransacked the house; they __________ absconding.
5. Kuntal __________ taking her pet dog to the vet.
6. Most of myfriends __________ from Bali and Seoul.
7. The senior class __________ studying World War II.
8. The rare mice __________ white in colour.
9. Shhh…. there __________ someone in the kitchen.
10. The Chinese __________ friendly.
B. Subject Verb Agreement- Average
Fill in the correct verb in the blanks.
1. The frogs at the cottage 
very loudly. (croaks/croak)
2. The horses wildly across the field. (gallops/gallop)
3. The herd of horses wildly across the field. (gallops/gallop)
4. There been many hurricanes this year. (has/have)
5. The woman with all the cats here regularly. (shops/shop)
6. The officers at the charity function every year. (volunteer/volunteers )
C. Writing: Identify mistakes
The descriptive paragraph below has mistakes. Rewrite the paragraph on a separate piece of paper and correct the mistakes.
My university is beautiful. It have a large lake and two small pond on the campus. The lakeis round in shape. The pond are square. One pond has a large fountains. Around the pond there are garden. One of the garden has three rose bush and two large magnolia trees. They smell wonderful! Next to the lake is a seating area for students. It has a benches and many chairs. The bench is hard, but the chairs are very soft or comfortable. There are a covered area. It is to protect the students from the sun with the rain. It is large and brown. The campus also have a very large grassy area. The grass is soft but green. The beautiful lake, ponds and grassy area are where the students likes to study and spend time with their friends.
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Answers:
A. Fill in the correct form of the verb(to be) in the present tense(is, are).
1. The employees are having food in the cafeteria.
2. The tourists are famished since they lost their wallets in Paris.
3. Physics is my favourite class.
4. The robbers broke everything and ransacked the house; they are absconding.
5. Kuntal is taking her pet dog to the vet.
6. Most of my friends are from Bali and Seoul.
7. The senior class is studying World War II.
8. The rare mice are white in colour.
9. Shhh…. there is someone in the kitchen.
10. The Chinese are friendly.
B. Fill in the correct verb in the blanks.
1. The frogs at the cottage croak very loudly.
2. The horses gallop wildly across the field.
3. The herd of horses gallops wildly across the field.
4. There has been many hurricanes this year.
5. The woman with all the cats shops here regularly.
6. The officers volunteer at the charity function every year.
C. Writing: Identify mistakes
My university is beautiful. It has a large lake and two small ponds on the campus. The lake is round in shape. The ponds are square. One pond has a large fountain. Around the pond there are gardens. One of the gardens has three rose bushes and two large magnolia trees. They smell wonderful! Next to the lake is a seating area for students. It has a bench and many chairs. The bench is hard, but the chairs
are very soft and comfortable. There is a covered area. It is to protect the students from the sun and the rain. It is large and brown. The campus also has a very large grassy area. The grass is soft and green. The beautiful lake, ponds and grassy area are where the students like to study and spend time with their friends.