SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
I. USE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS.
1. Neither Bill nor Mary (be)…………………………………going to the party tonight.
2. Everyone who (have)………….a fever must go home immediately.
3. A number of reporters (be)…………….at the conference yesterday.
4. The trousers you bought for me (not be)…………………fit me.
5. Physics (be)…………………….my best subject at school.
6. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (not be)………….sharp enough.
7. Everything (be)………….all right so far.
8. The number of days in a week (be)…………….seven.
9. No news (be)……………good news.
10. The United Nations (consist)…………..of about 160 nations.
11. Mathematics (have)…………such branches as arithmetic, geometry, algera,ect.
12. His answers to our question (changed)…………….everything so far.
13. The package of cigarettes (be)…………………on the table.
14. Most of the book (be)………….interesting.
15. Washing the dishes (be)……………..women’s work.
16. Most of the books (belong) ……………to my uncle.
17. The actress, along with her manager and some friends (be)……………..going to the party tonight.
18. There are six flats. Each (have)………its own entrance.
19. Neither you nor I (be)……………..wrong.
20. Tom with you (be)…………………..often late for class.
II. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN PARENTHESES.
1. John, along with twenty friends (be) ………………… planning a party.
2. The picture of the soldiers (bring) …………………… back many memories.
3. The quality of these recordings (be) ………………… not very good.
4. If the duties of these officers (be, not) …………………… reduced, there will not be enough
time to finish the project.
5. Neither Bill nor Mary (be) …………………… going to the play tonight.
6. A number of reporters (be) …………………… at the conference yesterday.
7. Anything (be) ………………… better than going to another movie tonight.

8. There (be) ………………… some people at the meeting last night.
9. Each student (have) ………………… answered the first three questions.
10. Either John or his wife (make) …………………… breakfast each morning.
11. The army (have) ………………… eliminated this section of the training yet.
12. The number of students who (have) ………………… withdrawn from class this quarter (be)
…………………… appalling.
13. Every elementary school teacher (have) ………………… to take this examination.
14. The police (come) ……………………… to the site of the accident.
15. These pictures, as well as photographs (brighten) ……………… the room.
16. What he told you (seem) ………………… to be of no importance.
17. Two years (be) ……………… a long time to wait.
18. Bread and butter (be) ……………… what she asks for.
19. Measles (be) ………………… cured without much difficulty nowadays.
20. After a long day’s work (be) ……………… not the right time to dancing.
21. Neither Peter nor his parents (be) ……………………… to Japan before.
22. The study of languages (be) ……………………… very interesting.
23. Mr. Thompson with his three children (be) ……………………… abroad yesterday.
24. This evidence, together with other news facts, (prove) ……………… the prisoner’s innocence.
25. Jim as well as his friends (not arrive) ……………………… yet.
26. Collecting old coins and paper notes (be) ……one of my father’s hobbies when he was young.


27. The boy with his friends (be) ……………………… at the meeting yesterday.
28. The actress, along with her manager and some friends (be) ………… going to a party tonight.
29. The effects of smoking (have) ……………………… been proven to be extremely harmful.
30. Each of the rooms (have) ……………………… a view on the valley.
31. Every man, woman and child (be) ……………………… protected under the law.
32. Neither the moon nor the stars (be) ……………………… visible in the dark night.
III. FILL IN THE BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD OR PHRASE
1. It is essential ………… with such a common problem occurring in our company.

A. to deal
B. dealing
C. deal
D. dealt
2. With no language ………… more unreasonable thn with English to regard it as the possession
of particular nation.
A. has it been
B. it is
C. it has been
D. is it
3. There are a lot of interesting and beautiful places ………… in Ha Noi.
A. visiting
B. to visit
C. visited
D. visit
4. Nobody wants to regarded ………… a useless person, so please try to find ways for them to
make full use of their ability.
A. as
B. like
C. for
D. to
5. This is not ………… that Bien is the best student in the class if he is the one who gets the
highest marks.
A. saying
B. say
C. to say
D. said
6. A great number of his ………… did not come to his wedding party because he had treated
them too badly.
A. friend

B. relative
C. acquaintance
D. friends
7. The girl ………… to Mr. Cuong yesterday is Lan.
A. talked
B. talking
C. has talked
D. talks
8. Only when his wife left him did have an idea ………… how important his wife was to him.
A. on
B. in
C. of
D. for
9. Having this library card will give you the fee access ………… the Internet 8 hours a day.
A. from
B. in
C. on
D. to
10. You’ll get cught some day if you decide to involve ………… that dirty business.
A. in
B. on
C. of
D. with
11. Either Lan or her friends ………… about that matter.
A. knows
B. know
C. is knowing
D. are knowing
12. Both Phuong and I ………… interested in the job.
A. am

B. is
C. be
D. are
13. We can still see poverty in ………… part of the world.
A. every
B. all
C. each
D. most
14. Mr. Nam, as well as his students, ………… going to Hoa Binh tomorrow for a tour round the
Hydroelectric Power Station.
A. are
B. have been
C. has been
D. is
15. Thanh and his wife ………… never gone to Ho Chi Minh City by train.
A. has
B. have
C. having
D. will have
16. Each of us ………… presented with three notebooks at the beginning of a new school-year.
A. have been
B. are
C. is
D. has been
17. Never staying up late at night is the first thing ………… if you want to stay young and
beautiful.
A. remember
B. remembering
C. to remember
D. remembered

18. The water in this river is ………… for all of us to swim.
A. clean enough
B. enough clean
C. too clean
D. clean
19. Neither Kim nor his friends ………… good at math.
A. is
B. are
C. has been
D. be
20. Any language belongs ………… the people who use it.


A. with
B. in
C. to
D. for
21. It is every man’s responsibility ………… as much as he can to the development of his country.
A. contribute
B. to contribute
C. contributing
D. contributed
22. If you want to find an answer ………… this question, please have a look at “Vietnam
Economy 1990 – 2000” Book.
A. for
B. about
C. on
D. to
23. Both my family and my friend’s ………… to have a holiday abroad this year.
A. want

B. have wanted
C. wants
D. has wanted
24. Jim along with two friends of his ………… to take part in the motor race this month.
A. has decided
B. have decided
C. is deciding
D. decide
25. Either Hoa or you ………… a problem with the pronunciation of this word.
A. has
B. will have
C. have
D. will be having
26. Since Le was so shocked by the sad news, she found herself ………… with tears.
A. trembled
B. be trembling
C. to tremble
D. trembling
27. The only place ………… Italian food in Ha Noi is in Cao Ba Quat Street.
A. serving
B. to serve
C. serve
D. served
28. This year a greater number of Japanese tourists …………Ha Long Bay than the Korean ones.
A. is visiting
B. have visited
C. has visited
D. visit
29. Every woman in the world ………… a man to overcome all hardships in life.
A. needs

B. need
C. is needing
D. has needed
30. Ronaldo Cafe is the only place ………… Ba on Tuesday evenings.
A. find
B. finding
C. found
D. to find
IV. IDENTIFY THE ONE UNDERLINEDWORD OR PHRASE THAT MUST BE CHANGED IN
ORDER TO MAKE THE SENTENCE CORRECT
1. Neither his parents nor his teacher are satisfied with his result when he was at high school.
A
B
C
D
2. The methods of teaching English has always been improved because there are more and more
A
B
C
people learning English.
D
3. The problems of pollution are too difficult for us to solving.
A
B
C
D
4. The furniture in my grandmother’s houses are very beautiful.
A
B
C

D
5. Either the doctor ot the nurses takes care of changing the patients’ bandages.
A
B
C
D
6. Daisy was the only one of those girls that get the scholarship.
A
B
C
D
7. It requires practice to reading a foreign language quickly and well.
A
B
C
D
8. Working provide people with personal satisfaction as well as money.
A
B
C
D
9. He borrowed the money from the bank to continued his study.
A
B
C
D
10. I remember that I have something new to told you.
A
B
C

D
11. Every student who majors in English are ready to participate in the oratorical contest.
A
B
C
D
12. She takes vitamins to felt healthier.
A
B C
D
13. The prices of accommodation are as high that many people cannot afford to buy a house.
A B
C
D


14. She left the house in a hurry without to say goodbye to us.
A
B
C
D
15. The only good way to getting achievement in learning English is to practise it as frequently as
A
B
C
D
possible.
16. His knowledge of foreign languages shall help him in finding a good job.
A
B

C
D
17. One hundreds eight thousand miles is the speed of light.
A
B
C
D
18. All trade between the two countries have to be delayed because of the war.
A
B
C
D
19. It is boring when we had nothing to do yesterday evening.
A
B
C
D
20.Faraday’s father was not rich enough to sending him to school.
A
B
C
D
21.Everyone that saw “Titanic” says that it was good.
A B
C
D
22.Work on improving industrial disposal methods were begun in the early 1970s.
A
B
C

D
23.The film is such interesting that I have ever seen it for three times.
A
B
C
D
24.Before he retired last month, Mr. Jones is working for Institute of Agricultural Science.
A
B
C
D
25.It is necessary for we to learn a foreign language nowadays.
A
B
C
D