TOPIC 2: SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT
Use the right form of the verb.
1. Three months (be) a long time to wait.
2. Five dollars (be) too much to pay for that book.
3. A number of books (be) on the table.
4. The number of students in this class (be) limited to thirty.
5. Neither of the answers (be) correct.
6. Neither of them (be) to blame.
7. Everybody (have) a good time.
8. Either your key or my key (be) missing.
9. John or his brothers (be) going to help me.
10. The author and lecturer (be) arriving today.
11. My old friend and colleague, George (be) in town
12. The boxes of candy (be) on the table.
13. The package of cigarettes (be) on the table.
14. There (be) plenty of time.
15. There (be) a lot of lakes.
16. Either the mayor or the eldermen (be) to blame.
17. The girl, as well as the boys, (has/have) learnt to ride.
18. The bat together with the ball (was/were) stolen.
19. Noone (be) eager to be examined the first
20. Three fourths of the wall (be) painted.
21. Two fifths of the members (be) present.
22. Twenty years (be) not a long period of time in human history.
23. “The three Musketeers” (be) written by Alexandre Dumas.
24. The number of new books in our library (be) ever growing.
25. A number of new books in our library (be) displayed at the book show.
26. There (be) a lot of traffic on this road.
27. The weather in the southern states (gets/get) very hot during the summer.
28. The result of Dr. Noll’s experiment (was/were) published in a scientific journal.
29. Bob and his friends (is/are) coming to the anniversary party tomorrow night.
30. Every man, woman, and child (is/are) protected under the law.
31. Washing the dishes (is/are) the children’ job
32. A lot of the students (is/are) already here.
33. Some of the furniture in our apartment (is/are) secondhand
34. Some of the desks in the classroom (is/are) broken.
35. At least three-quarters of that book on famous Americans (is/are) about people who lived in the
19th century
36. One of the coutries I would like to visit (is/are) Italy.
37. Each student in the class (has/have) to have a book
38. None of the students (was/were) late today.
39. There (is/are) some interesting pictures in today paper.
40. Economics (is/are) Don’s favourite subjects.
41. Most people (likes/like) to go to the zoo.
42. The police (is/are) coming. I’ve already called them.
43. The old in my country (is/are) cared for by their children and grandchildren.
44. Each girl and boy in the sixth- grade class (has/have) to do a science project.
45. Where (do/does) your parents live?
46. (Is/are) having the respondsibility for taking care of pets good for young children?
47. Some of the fruit in this bowl (is/are) rotten
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48. Half of the students in the class (is/are) from Arabic- speaking countries.
49. A lot of clothing in those stores (is/are) on sale this week.
50. Every one of the students (is/are) required to take the final test.
51. None of animals at the zoo (is/are) free. All of them (is/are) in enclosures
52. (Do/does) any of you know the answer to that question?
53. Why (isn’t/aren’t) there a hospital close to those villages?
54. There (is, are) some pens and a notebook on Jack’s desk
55. Statistics (is/are) a branch of mathematics
56. The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories.
57. The poor (is/are) helped by government program
58. English (is/are) not my native language.
59. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, (has/have) proposed some changes of the
rules.
60. Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to play tonight
61. (A1-14) The superstar, accompanied by the other members of the band, __________ to visit our school
next week.
A. are going
B. is going
C. are
D. has had
62. (D-07) It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver __________ in the crash.
A. were injured
B. are injured
C. was injured
D. have been injured
63. (D-10) The captain as well as all the passengers __________ very frightened by the strange noise.
A. is
B. were
C. was
D. have been
64. (CD-14) The number of cars on the roads ______ increasing, so we need to build more roads.
A. is
B. were
C. was
D. are
65. (THPTQG-15) The number of homeless people in Nepal have increased sharply due to the recent
A
B
C
severe earthquake.
D
66. (D-13) Only one of our gifted students ______ to participate in the final competition.
A. has been chosen B. were choosing
C. have been chosen D. chosen
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