Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the appropriate words from Li…

Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the appropriate words from List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Everybody in our colony ______ been invited to the Lohri bonfire tonight.	(I) are
(B) There ______ three long cracks on the screen of my old phone.	(II) has
(C) Athletics ______ my younger brother’s favourite sport.	(III) have
(D) Some of the tiles on the bathroom floor ______ come loose.	(IV) is

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Everybody in our colony has been invited to the Lohri bonfire tonight.	(II) has	Everybody is the subject. Words like “everybody” and “everyone” are singular, so the verb is singular.
(B) There are three long cracks on the screen of my old phone.	(I) are	Three long cracks is the subject. After “there”, the verb agrees with the noun that comes after it. That noun is plural, so the verb is plural.
(C) Athletics is my younger brother’s favourite sport.	(IV) is	Athletics is the subject. It ends in -s, but it is the name of one sport, so the verb is singular.
(D) Some of the tiles on the bathroom floor have come loose.	(III) have	Some of the tiles is the subject. After “some of”, the verb agrees with the noun that follows. “Tiles” is plural, so the verb is plural.