CBSE Class 8 English Verbs Worksheet

Complete the following sentences with verb that agree with the subject.

Question. Satish and his sister ..................... gone to see a movie.
Answer. have

Question. Each of these producers ..................... his own advantage.
Answer. has

Question. Ten miles ..................... a long distance.
Answer. is

Question. Many a student ..................... (try) hard to pass their entrance test.
Answer. try

Question. The furniture in his house ..................... (look) beautiful.
Answer. looks

Question. Few students ..................... present in the class today.
Answer. are

Question. Sohan as well as his brother ..................... come.
Answer. has

Question. Neither of the students ..................... absent.
Answer. was

Question. The committee ..................... meeting tomorrow.
Answer. is

Question. The novelist and poet ..................... dead.
Answer. is

Question. The level of intoxication ..................... (vary) from subject to subject.
Answer. varies

Question. Either boys or girls ..................... telling lies.
Answer. are

Question. Two thousand rupees ..................... not a small sum.
Answer. is

Question. A group of boys ..................... playing in the ground.
Answer.  was

Question. A number of people ..................... reported to be missing in the train accident.
Answer. were

Question. Rajan ..................... collecting stamps since childhood.
Answer. has been

Question. Either the mother or the daughter ..................... made this pudding.
Answer. has

Question. Had she worked hard, she ..................... passed.
Answer. would have

Question. I ..................... seen Anita for a long time.
Answer. have not

Question. I ..................... living here for three years.
Answer. have been

Question. Every one of the students ..................... present in the function.
Answer. was

Question. Oil and water ..................... not mix fully.
Answer. do

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Subject-Verb Concord from the options given below.

Question. Few students ..................... present in the class today.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) have
(d) had
Answer. B

Question. Sohan as well as his brother ..................... come.
(a) have
(b) is
(c) was
(d) has
Answer. D

Question. Neither of the students ..................... absent.
(a) was
(b) were
(c) had
(d) have
Answer. A

Question. The committee ..................... meeting tomorrow.
(a) were
(b) is
(c) are
(d) had
Answer. B

Question. The novelistand poet ..................... dead.
(a) were
(b) is
(c) are
(d) have
Answer. B

Question. The level of intoxication ..................... from subject to subject.
(a) vary
(b) varying
(c) varies
(d) was varying
Answer. C

Question. Either boys or girls ..................... telling lies.
(a) are
(b) is
(c) have
(d) having
Answer. A

Question. Two thousand rupees ..................... not a small sum.
(a) are
(b) is
(c) were
(d) has
Answer. B

Question. A group of boys ..................... playing in the ground.
(a) were
(b) was
(c) are
(d) have
Answer. B

Question. A number of people ..................... reported to be missing in the train accident.
(a) was
(b) have
(c) were
(d) has
Answer. C

Fill in the blanks with verbs that suffice subject verb agreement. The first one is done for you.

Question. The sacks of onions ________ (is/are) lying by the roadside.
Answer. The sacks of onions are lying by the roadside.

Question. Each of the pupils __________ (have/has) a special creative skills.
Answer. has (each is singular, so it will take a singular verb).

Question. The notable patriot and orator ________ (is/are) no more.
Answer. is (when two singular nouns connected by ‘and’ express one idea they take a singular verb).

Question. No scholarship or reward ________ (was/were) given to the student who stood first in the examination.
Answer. was (when two singular nouns connected by ‘and’ express one idea they take a singular verb.)

Question. Politics ___________ (is/are) a dirty game.
Answer. is (Politics is a plural noun considered as singular so they generally take a singular verb).

Question. These spectacles, perhaps you know,_________ (are/is) of fine quality.
Answer. are (spectacles is a plural noun which take plural verb).

Question. His power and influence ___________ (is/are) immense.
Answer. is (When two singular nouns are practically synonymous one being added to the other for emphasis, the verb is singular).

Question. The cattle _________ (are/is ) grazing in the field.
Answer. are (When the singular noun is a mass/collective noun, the verb is always in the plural).

Question. Some ill people _________ (refuse/refuses) to take medicine.
Answer. refuse (Some (plural) so it will take plural verb).

Question. Caroline is the only one of those students who _______ (has/have) lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.
Answer. has (The ‘who’ refers, in this case, to ‘the only one,’ which is singular).

Question. Rupees 2 lakhs ________(is/are) enough to restock the library.
Answer. is (a plural number applies to distances, weights or amounts of money, represents a single figure or quantity. It takes singular verb).

Question. Not only the students but also their instructor_______(has/have) been called to the Principal’s office.
Answer. has (With paired conjunctions such as either ... or and not only ... but also, the subject closer to the verb -- in this case, the singular ‘instructor’ -- determines whether the verb will be singular or plural).

Question. Most of the milk ______ (has/have) gone bad. Six gallons of milk ______ (are/is ) still in the refrigerator.
Answer. has (‘Most’ is not a countable noun here (you can’t count ‘the milk’ in the first sentence), so the verb must be singular. You can count the gallons of milk, though, so the subject in the second sentence is plural).

Question. Each and every student and instructor in this building________(hope/hopes) for a new facility by next year.
Answer. hopes (The subject of the verb is ‘each and every,’ which is singular : the correct verb choice, then, is ‘hopes’).

Question. The students and instructors each ________ (hope/hopes) for a new facility by next year.
Answer. hope (When ‘each’ or ‘every’ comes after the compound subject, a plural verb -- ‘hope’ -- is appropriate).

Question. Rice and rajma, ________ (is/are) my favourite dish.
Answer.  is (Rice and rajma’ is one dish, so we need a singular verb to agree with it).

Question. Four years _______(is/are) a long time to spend away from your friends and family.
Answer. is (The quantity of ‘four years’ here is meant to be taken as a whole, as one quantity, so the verb should be singular).

Question. There ________ (was/were) fifteen candies in that bag.Now there _____ (are/is) only one left !
Answer. were, is (Candies’ is plural so ‘were’ is correct and ‘one’ is singular so ‘is’ is correct).

Question. Tobacco and alcohol ______ (are/is) injurious to health.
Answer. are (Two or more singular nouns connected by ‘and’ are normally followed by a plural verb).

Question. Bread and butter _________ (have/has) been charged separately.
Answer. have (If nouns are taken as different units, a plural verb is used).

Circle the correct verb so that it agrees with the subject.

Question. The girls from villages (sell, sells) vegetables at the weekly market.
Answer. sell

Question. My brother (is, are) a friendly and loving person.
Answer. .is

Question. My neighbours (is, are) very cooperative .
Answer. .are

Question. Mr. Smith (drive, drives) his motor boat every Sunday.
Answer. drives

Question. Jessica and Thomas (take, takes) the bus to school every day.
Answer. take

Question. Squirrels (like, likes) to munch on nuts when they are hungry.
Answer. like

Question. Both Steve and Bella (want, wants) to study Russian in Russia.
Answer. want

Question. The fans in the hallway (has, have) stopped working.
Answer. have

Question. Mrs. Selena (travel, travels) to Montgomery very often.
Answer. travels

Question. Brian, Sandra and Suzzie (wear, wears) sunglasses outside.
Answer. wear

Question. A range of music systems (is, are) available.
Answer. is

Question. The whole family (is, are) meeting up at seven in the evening for dinner.
Answer. is

Question. My friend (start, starts) working tomorrow.
Answer. starts

Complete the following pieces of information / conversation using will or going to with the verbs given below : –

(a) Rani : Why are you turning on the radio?

Ravi : I ________ listen to the news.

(b) Rani : Oh, I can not buy this book, I have no money.

Ravi : Don’t worry. I ________ (lend) you some.

(c) Rani : Look at those dark clouds.

Ravi : I think it ________ (rain).

(d) Rani : What shall we have for dinner?

Ravi : I can not decide.

Rani : Make up your mind.

Ravi : All right then. We ________ (have) fried rice.

(e) Rani : Why are you filling the kettle with water?

Ravi : I ________ (make) coffee.

(f) Rani : We need some bread and butter for breakfast.

Ravi : All right. I ________ (go) to the bakery and get some.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

Question. The police…………………. four thieves last night.
a. catches.
b. catch
c. caught
d. catching
Answer. C

Question. My mother was………………………. food when he came in.
a. cooked
b. cook
c. cooks
d. cooking
Answer. D

Question. Rohan …………. the movie before he read the review.
a. Watched
b. had watched
c. watch
d. watches
Answer. B

Question. Stars…………………. in the sky at night.
a. twinkle
b. twinkles
c. twinkling
d. is twinkling
Answer. A

Question. All the students………………. the class work when the teacher came in.
a. Do
b. are doing
c. does
d. were doing
Answer. D

Question. Mahesh…………………. tomorrow from Patna.
a. come
b. comes
c. will come
d. came
Answer. C

Question. The patient………………… before the doctor came.
a. die &YU
b. had died
c. dead
d. has dead
Answer. D

Question. I saw that the policemen…………………. the thieves.
a. chases
b. is chasing
c. were chasing
d. had chased
Answer. C

Question. The whole family __________ for the ceremony.
a. has been invited
b. have been invited
c. invites
d. Invited
Answer. A

Question. I __________ this book since morning.
a. have been reading
b. has been reading
c. have had read
d. shall be reading
Answer. A

(1) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.

Forgot your passport on way to the airport? Relax as De La Rue, a Britain-based commercial banknote printer and passport manufacturer, (a) _(be) working on a technology that can store “paperless passports” in smartphones. The technology would allow travellers to do without the booklets and switch to “paperless passports” that would act similar to mobile boarding cards enabling a tourist to travel through an airport without documents of any kind, the Telegraph reported. “Paperless passports (b) _(be) one of many initiatives that we are currently (c) _(look) at, but at the moment it is a concept that is at the very early stages of development,” a spokesman of the company said. However, the potential for forgery, global barriers and the distinct possibility of (d) _(lost) one’s smartphone mean the security challenges present big hurdles, the report added. “Digital passports on your phone will require new hardware on the device in order to securely store the electronic passport so it cannot be (e)_(copy) from the phone,” David Jevans from security company. Proof point was quoted as saying. The “paperless passport” service is already under the (f)_(test) mode.
Answers:
(a) is
(b) are
(c) looking
(d) losing
(d) losing
(e) copied
(f) testing

(2) The following passage has not been edited. A word has been omitted/an error in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.

Question. Yesterday I saw Rebecca after a long time. She been away
Answer. she had been away

Question. for more than a decade. I surprised at meeting her.
Answer. I was surprised

Question. Rebecca show me her new car which her brother bought
Answer. Rebecca showed me

Question. in Delhi. It quite spacious but
Answer. It was quite spaciouse

Question. it was small size.
Answer. small in size.

(3) Insert the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.

Question. His health has improved since he ____________ from the military camp.
(a) will return
(b) returned
(c) would return
Answer. B

Question. He said that he ____________ not believe it even if he saw it with his own eyes.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) might
Answer. C

Question. It ____________ a lot where you live.
(a) rains
(b) raining
(c) would rain
Answer. A

Question. The rescue plane, ____________ to arrive from Chennai.
(a) scheduled
(b) would scheduled
(c) had scheduled
Answer. C

Question. Musical instruments of the Air Force band ____________among the wreckage.
(a) was found
(b) were found
(c) will find
Answer. B

Question. Bats navigate by emitting shrill squeaks that____________ back to their ears from insect prey or obstacles in their path.
(a) are reflected
(b) was reflected
(c) is reflected
Answer. A

Question. The old man ____________ with a great effort and took the bowl between his shaking hands.
(a) rise
(b) rose
(c) will rise
Answer. B

Question. The poor mother ____________ her child when it cried for more food.
(a) embrace
(b) embraced
(c) embracing
Answer. B

Question. Mala ____________ nonsense in her dream which her mother could hardly understand.
(a) was talking
(b) is talking
(c) will be talking
Answer. A

Question. The children ____________ at the insane man on the road.
(a) is mocking
(b) were mocking
(c) mocking
Answer. B

Question. The teacher asked the boys if they ____________ the assignment.
(a) completed
(b) had completed
(c) have completed
Answer. B

Question. Although they ____________ in the election, they did not lose heart.
(a) defeated
(b) were defeated
(c) had defeated
Answer. B

Question. I ____________ in the garden all morning and it’s already 11.30 a.m.
(a) have been working
(b) had been working
(c) would have been working
Answer. B

Question. The workers____________ a pay rise last month.
(a) were given
(b) was given
(c) has given
Answer. A

Question. The school building ____________ right now.
(a) is being painted
(b) was painted
(c) had painted
Answer. A

Question. I knew that Ramesh ____________ Jaipur before, so I asked him to recommend a good hotel.
(a) had visited
(b) has been visiting
(c) visited
Answer. A

Question. I saw that she ____________ to hold back her tears when she got the message of her father’s demise.
(a) tries
(b) is trying
(c) was trying
Answer. C

Question. I wanted to see her but I didn’t know if she ____________ in her apartment.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) had been
Answer. B

Question. Rishi told me that he visited Rini and Riddhi when he____________ from Spain.
(a) has returned
(b) returned
(c) will return
Answer. B

Question. My daughter learned in class yesterday that the Earth____________ around the Sun.
(a) revolves
(b) is revolving
(c) revolved
Answer. A

Fill in the blanks choosing the most appropriate words from the given options:

Last Sunday our school (a) …………… a fete. There (b) …………… stalls selling edible items. People (c) …………… at all these stalls. There (d) ……………to be an unending rush.
Suddenly. I (e)…………… a child crying. I (f) …………… around and saw a pretty little girl who was crying.

(a) (i) organises
(iii) will organise
(ii) organised
(iv) was organising
Answer. (ii) organised

(b) (i) was
(iii) has been
(ii) were
(iv) have been
Answer. (ii) were

(c) (i) throng
(iii) thronged
(ii) throngs
(iv) will throng
Answer. (iii) thronged

(d) (i) seem
(iii) seemed
(ii) will seem
(iv) had seemed
Answer. (iii) seemed

(e) (i) hear
(iii) will hear
(ii) heard
(iv) will have heard
Answer. (ii) heard

(f) (i) look
(iii) have looked
(ii) looking
(iv) looked
Answer. (iv) looked

The status of women in India (a) _______ a gradual change.Earlier women (b) _______ to the house. They (c) _______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) _______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) _______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) _______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.

(a) (i) undergo
(iii) is undergoing
(ii) undergoes
(iv) has undergone
Answer. (iv) has undergone

(b) (i) confined
(iii) was confined
(ii) confines
(iv) were confined
Answer. (iv) were confined

(c) (i) looks
(ii) looked
(iii) were looking
(iv) had looked
Answer. (ii) looked

(d) (i) step
(iii) have stepped
(ii) are stepping
(iv) have been stepping
Answer. (iii) have stepped

(e) (i) work
(iii) have worked
(ii) are working
(iv) have been working
Answer. (ii) are working

(f) (i) is
(iii) has been
(ii) are
(iv) will be
Answer. (i) is

Q1 Choose the correct form of the verbs:

Teacher: Seema, (a)____ (do you do/have you done) your homework?
Seema : Ma'am, I (b) ____ (was/be) absent yesterday.
Teacher: What (c) ____ (happened/has happened) to you?
Seema : I (d) ____ (had/have) high fever.
Teacher: Did you (e) ____ (consult/consulted) some doctor?
Seema : Yes, ma'am. He (f) ___ (has prescribed/ prescribe) for five days.
Teacher: (g) ___ (have/had) you (h) ____(got/get) the medical certificate?

Q2 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets:
1) She ________ not ________ (practise) yoga everyday.
2) Sushma _________ (work) on her project at the moment.
3) I _________ (write) a book by the end of the week.
4) The show ________ (already, start) when we arrived.
5) By the next year, he and his wife ________ (live) together for 30 years.
6) Nitin ________ (already, suffer) from viral for two days when he consulted a doctor.
7) She ________ (give) you a prize if you stand first.
8) The moon _____ not _____(emit) its own light.
9) ______ you ________ (notice) her new phone yesterday in the party?
10) _____ you ________ (consult) some dietician regularly?

Q3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets:

Monika's father (a) ______ (enjoy) a good health. He never (b) _______ (take) much fat. One day, after he (c)______ (offer) his prayer, he (d) _______ (complain) of uneasiness in his chest. His wife, whose father (e)________ (already, suffer) a heart attack, (f) _______ (come) to realize that it was a symptom related tocardiac problem. She (g) ______ (wake) up her son to get ready. In the meantime, she (h) _______ (pack) upsome necessary items. Her son reached the hospital. The doctors (i) _______ (do) their best and saved Monika's father.

Q4 There is an error in each line related to tenses. Underline the incorrect word and write the correct word in the given blanks:
a) Reading of books was always a pleasure. ________
b) When work tired us, we can always seek ________
c) the company of these pleasant companions. They gives ________
d) us something and wants nothing in return. ________
e) a lover of books never felt lonely. The masterpieces ________
f) of literature is the richest treasure of knowledge. ________

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb given in the brackets:-
1) Saurabh ----------- the meeting tomorrow. ( attend - simple future)
2) They -----------to a new place next month. (shift - future Continuous )
3) He --------- success in exams. (achieve - future perfect )
4) She --------- this work. ( do -- simple future )
5) My father ------------ rest .( take - future perfect )
6)---------- they ---------- in the office ? ( talk - future Continuous)
7)She -------- in the dance competition. ( perform - simple future)
8) My mother ------------- to attend the birthday party.( go - future Continuous)
9) She----------- this goal. (achieve - future perfect)
10) Sunita -------------- on this topic. ( think - future Continuous)

NOTE Do the above mentioned exercise in a copy or on paper.

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with correct form of Verb-

1. move __________ __________

2. __________ did __________

3. __________ __________ seen

4. __________ made __________

5. buy __________ __________

6. __________ __________ brought

7. __________ __________ gone

8. __________ broke __________

9. know __________ __________

10. __________ heard __________

Q.2. Choose the correct verb form those in brackets-

1. The earth __________ round the sun (move, moves, moved)

2. I __________ him only one letter upto now (sent, have sent, send)

3. He __________ TV often in the evening (watches, is watch, watching)

4. She __________ Rahim at the zoo. (saw, have seen, had seen)

5. I cannot __________ my feelings. (expressed, express, expressing)

6. He __________ a mill in this town. (has, have, is having)

7. We __________ our breakfast half an hour ago. (finished, have finished, had finished)

8. The Principal __________ to speak to you. (is wanting, want, wants) 

9. I __________ something burning. (smell, am smelling, have been smelling)

10. She __________ unconscious since four o’clock. (is, was, has been)

Read the following poem carefully :-

Helping other in Real Kindness

1. To feel for others and to do righteous acts of help to living creatures is indeed real kindness. If one can stop a heart from breaking, if one can ease the aching in one’s life or cool one’s pain, he has not lived in vain.

2. To come, helping others is matter of faith. An elderly stranger went to a hospital in Peter Brough. New Hampshire and performed countless tasks. Sweeping, dusting, building ramps, removing limit from the place where clothes are washed etc. for four months. He never revealed his identity. Only after he had left the place, the hospital staff realized that he was former Vice President of the Peninsular Rail Road, a private railway company in the USA.

3. All along the route of the funeral procession of Lord Shaftesbury, a well known social reformer of England, stood groups of people (whom he had helped in one way or the other) to pay homage to him. Thousands of people hailing from all classes of society held a loft banners with the words that he had helped them in their hour of suffering substances of this type are many.

4. In India, Saints and sages throughout the ages have preached the gospel of service to the sick and the suffering, the distressed and the downtrodden. In every town in India, there are a few sympathizers to the suffering who pay the tuition fees of poor students, give them books and stationary, pay substance allowances to needy, widows and arrange their daughter’s marriages, give blankets in winter and umbrellas in monsoons. Added to them are many persons who have given up their everything for the service of humanity and join service organization.

Complete the following:-

1. According to the authors, real kindness is (i) ----------------- and (ii) ---------------

2. The life of a person is not in vain if ------------------------

3. The hospital staff could identify the elderly gentleman -----------------

4. Groups of people paid their homage to Lord Shaftesbury because -------------------------

5. In India, saint and sages have rendered their service to
(a) ------------------------------------ and (ii) ---------------------------

6. In India everywhere there are people who help other by (i) --------------------------------, (ii) -------------------------------, (iii) --------------------------.

Read the following conversation and complete the paragraph given in reported speech:-

1. Sanju : I have lost my lucky bat with which I made all my runs. Tomorrow we are playing a Delhi school and I will be act for a duck.
Father: You can still make all the runs you want.
Sanju: What do you mean ?
It is the batsman and not the bat that matters. What you need is
confidence not a bat.

2. Mother: I have washed the car for you today.
Daughter : Thank you, Mam.
Mother : Now do not drive fast, dear.
Daughter: I need to, as I have to blow dry the car.

II) Complete the following paragraph with correct forms of verbs given in the brackets:-
Pollution ------- (mean) anything that ----------- (pollute). Our rivers --------- (be) polluted with filthy waste from factories. Exhaust fumes from motor vehicles ------------- (pollute) the air we breathe. Polluted water ---------(cause) water-borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhea. These --------- (be) also dangers from chemical pollution, from radio-active wastes and other wastes from homes, factories, hospitals and laboratories and from other foreign matter that --------(keep) on poisoning the atmosphere surrounding the earth on which we -------- (live) and ---------- (breathe).
In the more Industrial centres, the dangers of pollution ------- (be) increasing day by day with the chimneys releasing dark smoke and coal – dust into the atmosphere and the drains getting choked with poisonous and chemical wastes. Pollution control ------- (be), therefore a ‘must’ if we ------- (want) to avoid diseases and lead a healthy and happy life.

2) Select the correct form of the verb shown in brackets in each sentence and write in the blanks given:-
1. All that glitters ---------(is/are) not gold.
2. The quality of mangoes --------------- (was/were) not good.
3. The great poet and novelist ----------------- (is/are) dead.
4. Three-fourths of the house ------------- (was/were) burnt to ashes.
5. Not one of these five boys --------------- (was/were) present there.