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SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT Sự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ và động từ Choose the right word or phrase best completes the sentence 1 Three weeks not enough holiday A are B were C was D been 2 Each of you a sha.
Sự hòa hợp chủ ngữ động từ Choose the right word or phrase best completes the sentence: Three weeks _not enough holiday A are B were C was D been Each of you a share in the work A having B has C to have D have A number of students volunteered to the job A have B has C to have D having Linguistics out the ways in which languages work A find B finding C to find D finds The Philippines of more than 7,000 islands A consist B consisting C consisted D consists The United Nations its head quarters in NewYork city A have B having C has D to have One of my neighbours curious about other people’s private life A being B were C is D been There a few flowers in this garden last summer A being B were C are D is 10 A large number of reporters at the meeting yesterday A being B were C are D is 11 Much progress been made in recent years A have B has C having D to have 12 Collecting old coins and paper notes one of my hobbies A being B were C are D is 13 The number of pupils getting poor marks since the beginning of the semester appalling A to be B have been C are D is 14 Five thousand pounds stolen in the robbery last night A being B were C are D was 15 Mr Thomson with his wife and his three children abroad A to be B have been C are D is 16 One of the girls who working in this department my niece A is/being B are/is C is/are D was/were 17 The English to drink tea A likes B to like C like D has liked 18 Everybody trying to their best at present A to be B have been C are D is 19 Jim as well as I always busy doing English homework A am B has been C are D is 20 Neither Daisy nor I glad to that A am B has been C are D is 21 That you take a computer course very necessary A am B have been C are D is 22 The men come to the site of the accident A have B has C having D to have 23 The pilot along with his passengers rescued last night A am B have been C was D is 24 What we need most books A is B were C are D to be 25 My brother together with his friends often in the park A jogs B jogging C jog D to jog 26 Neither he nor they here yesterday A are B were C is D be 27 Either John or his children breakfast each morning A make B makes C making D to make 28 I don’t like the hot weather Thirty degrees too warm for me A was B are C being D is 29 Not only a dog but also two cats at home in his garage A was B are C been D is 30 Both a poem and a short story been written by the young author A has B to have C have D having Find the incorrect part A, B, C and D Each of the rooms has their own bathroom Everybody who have a fever must go home immediately Twenty five dollars are all I can afford to pay for this recorder All of the windows in my house was broken in the earthquake The actress, along with her manager and some friends, are going to the party My father and mother has worked for the same company for 10 years The elderly don’t like this kind of music, but the young does Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct The professor together with their three students have been called to court A B C D Fifty dollars seem a reasonable price to pay for that A B C D Walking in the rain are not a good idea A B C D The unemployed really needs to be given more help A B C D To learn foreign languages are necessary for us to have a good job A B C D The police is asking him a lot of questions which he can’t answer A B C D Life is not easy for those who is without jobs A B C D The Chinese is very famous for their food A B C D I love swimming which are a good sport for my health A B C D 10 All the books on the top shelf belongs to me A B C D 11 One of the biggest problems facing our society are unemployment A B C D 12 A few of the audience is enjoying every minute of the performance A B C D 13 How you got there not concern me A B C D 14 What I say about these problems are my own affair A B C D 15 A great deal of money have been spent on the books A B C D 16 Either you or the headmaster are handing the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting A B C D 17 The poor woman with their two children was seen begging in a street corner A B C D 18 Happiness and success depends on your ability and luck A B C D 19 There are forty students in the class Half of the class is boys A B C D 20 The Vietnamese is hard-working, intelligent and brave A B C D Circle the best answer One of a goldfish bowl on her kitchen table a my friend keep b my friend keeps c my friends keep d my friends keeps Every love a man, woman and child needs b men, women and children needs c man, woman and child need d men, women and children need One of the girls who in this office my niece a works / is b works / are c work / is d work / are Neither Lan nor her parents the film a like b likes c is like d are like Each the same as the day before a days was b day was c days were d day were More men than left handed a woman are b woman is c women are d women is Every one of the students on time for class a is b are c were d have been There some money on the table a are b were c have been d is This information about taxes _ helpful a were b have been c is d are 10 The vegetables in the bowl on the table fresh a looks b smells c are d is 11 Writing her happy a letter makes b letters makes c letter make d letters make 12 None of the money robbed from the banks last year yet a has been found b have been found c has found d have found Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets The news about Mr Hogan (be) surprising Fifty minutes (be) _ the maximum length of the time allowed for the exam Many people in the world (not have) _enough food to eat The poor (need) _ help from the community Listening to loud music at rock concerts (cause) hearing loss in some teenagers these days There (be) a lot of sheep in the field recently Ten miles (be) too far to walk Not only John but also his friends (want) _to buy this race horse last week A number of students (recently participate) in intensive language programs abroad 10 Sarah, along with 20 students, (plan) _ a party now 11 The number of students who (withdraw) _from class since the term began (be) _ quite high 12 There (be) _at least one window in every room 13 A lot of students in my class (speak) and (undrstand) _Spanish 14 The trousers Lan’s bought (not, go) best with her shirt 15 The information she gave me (be not) _valuable 16 The number of days in a week (be) _ seven 17 Either you or he (have) _to the task tomorrow 18 Two years without a job (be) _too long to be 19 Every girl and boy (be) required to have certain immunizations before enrolling in public school 20 Neither of John’s parents (be) _ English Chia động từ phù hợp với chủ ngữ: The boys in the room (is/are) playing chess To find the book (is/are) necessary for him A number of applicants (have/has) already been interviewed Washing with special cream (is/are) recommended for scalp infection Nobody (work/works) harder than John does Dieting (is/are) very popular today The study of languages (is/are) very interesting No problem (is/are) harder than this one 10 Either John or Bill (is/are) going to the beach today 11 None of the students (have/has) finished the exam yet 12 The pants (is/are) in the drawer 13 Our team (is/are) going to win the game 14 Neither the director nor the secretary (want/wants) to leave yet 15 Mr Robbins, accompanied by her wife and children, (is/are) arriving tonight 16 Mary or her manager (is/are) going to answer the press interview 17 Everybody (want/wants) buy a ticket of this live show 18 No examples (is/are) relevant to this case 19 The couple (is/are) racing their horses through the meadow E: John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories The quality of this recordings (is/are) not very good 4 The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be extremely harmful The use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased rapidly in recent years Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to the play tonight Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday Your glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night 10 The committee (has/have) already reached a decision 11 Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions 12 The crowd at the basketball game (was/were) wild with excitement Choose the best answers There (is/are) no girls in this class There (is/are) no key for this door 3.80% of the students (has/have) voted 4.Geography (is/are) fascinating 5.Where (is/are) my gloves? 6.Each of the tickets (costs/cost) $5 7.The boy with his dog (is/are) here 8.John or Tom (is/are) bringing the car 9.His hair (is/are) turning gray 10.(Is/Are) there anybody at home? 11.Neither praise nor blame (seem/seems) to affect him 12.Three fourths of his fortune (was/were) devoted to scientific research 13.Two-thirds of these books (is/are) novels 14 The crowd (was/were) wild with excitement 15.Why (is/are) the police standing there? 16.So far everything ( has/have been ) all right 13 More men than women (is/are) left-handed 14 Our team (is/are) going to win the game 15 None of my classmates (speak/speaks) Arabic 16 Every student (is/are) tested twice a year 17 Each of the items in the bill (is/are) correct 18 10 years in prison (was/were) too long for him 19 None of the children (was/were) awake 20 No smoking or drinking (is / are) allowed 21 Indians (eats / eat) a lot of junk food 22 More than one student (was/ were) late for class this morning 23 The United Nations (was/ were) found in 1945 24 Some of the water (is/are) gone 25 One and a half day (is/ are) what I need 26 There (is/are) still the possibility of heavy rain and high winds 27 Politics (is/are) a constant source of interest to me 28 The pilot as well as all the passengers (was/were) rescued from the crash 29 Half of the cookies (have/has) been eaten 30 The hiker and the cyclist (enjoy/enjoys) the great outdoors 31 The senior writer and editor (was/ were) promoted to the position of editor-in-chief 32 Most of the fish I caught (was/were) too small to keep for dinner 33 No information (was/were) given about how the study (was/were) conducted 34 Not one of the hundreds of families affected by the noise (want/wants) to move 35 If anybody (calls/call), tell them I’m not at home 36 If either of you (take/takes) a vacation now, we’ll not be able to finish the work 37 No problem (is/are) harder to solve than this one 38 I would say that 50% of the houses (need/needs) major repair 39 A great deal of the exhibition (was/were) devoted to his recent work 40 All the old equipment in this factory (is/are) being replaced 41 A number of students (has/have) participated in intensive language programs abroad 42 An inflation rate of only 2% (make/makes) a big difference to exports 43 The issues which have been considered in the previous section (allow/allows) us to speculate on problems that learners might encounter 44 An early analysis of the results (show/shows) that the Socialists have won 45 The number of students who knew the answer to the last question on the exam (was/were) very slow 46 The United States of America (consists/consist) of 50 separate states 47 The view of these disciplines (vary/varies) from time to time 48 The actress, along with her manager,( is/are) going to the party tonight 49 It was the speaker, not his ideas, that (has/ have) provoked the students to riot 50 The country’s first general election since it won independence (is/are) to be held next month 51 Mr Robinson, accompanied by his wife and children, (is/are) arriving tonight 52 Neither the boys nor Carmen (have/has) seen the film before 53 John, bringing his girlfriend to see me, (has/have) just arrived 54 The majority (believe/believes) that we are in no danger 55 Neither of the French athletes (have, has) won this year 56 Nobody but Ted and Bill (was/were) eager to help 57 Not John but you (was/were) responsible for the error 58 A lot of the pollution (is/are) caused by the paper factory on the edge of the town 59 The secretary and accountant of the company (have/has) not come yet 60 Twenty five dollars (seem, seems) too much to pay for this book 61 To my opinion, living in happiness for 10 years (is/are) not a long time 62 Physics (study/ studies) mechanics, heat, light, sound and electricity 63 His silence (mean/ means) that he agrees with us 64 Their news (come/ comes) to us once a year 65 The students and instructors each (hope / hopes)for a new facility by next year 66 The police (have/has made) many enquiries about the murder up till now 67 His knowledge of butterflies (is/are) very wide 68 One of the girls (go/ goes) to visit that old man once a week 69 His family (is/are sitting) in the front row 70 All of the food served in this restaurant yesterday (was/were) excellent 71 Neither you nor I (are/am) responsible for the result 72 There (is/are) different ways to that work 73 Whatever (happen/ happens), remember to be calm 74 BOTH Mary and Peter (work/ works) for that company 75 Either he or his friends (is/are) mistaken 76 The quality of these recordings (is/are) very good 77 The pair of scissors (is/are) on the table 78 There (has/have) been a number of telephone calls today 79 John or George (bring/ brings) the car now 80 Neither Carmen nor the boys (have/has) seen the film before 81 Not studying (cause/ causes) him many problems 82 (Don’t / Doesn’t) Portuguese speak in Brazil? 83 Baseball and swimming (is/are) popular summer sports 84 The fear of rape and robbery (cause/ causes) many people to flee the cities 85 Why (is/are) there a shortage of certified teachers at the present time? 86 John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party 87 Money as well as workers (is/are) needed 88 The boy with his dog (is/are) here 89 We’ve got cars but neither of them (is/are) new 90 A large crowd (was/were) gathering around him 91 The mayor as well as his brothers (is/are) going to prison 92 Two-fifths of the vineyard (was/were) destroyed by fire 93 Each and every student and instructor in this building (hope/ hopes) for a new facility by next year 94 The department members but not the chair (has / have) decided not to teach on Valentine's Day 95 Rice and beans, my favorite dish, (reminds/ remind) me of my native Puerto Rico 96 To an outsider, the economics of this country (seems/ seem) to be in disarray USE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERB Three months (be) a long time to wait Five dollars (be) too much to pay for that book A number of books (be) _ on the table The number of students in this class (be) _limited to thirty It (be) _ my two brothers who (be) ……………….hurt yesterday It (be) _ the children playing upstairs now Neither of the answers (be) _correct Neither you nor she (have) _to the task again Everybody (have) a good time 10 Either your key or my key (be) missing 11 John or his brothers (be) going to help me 12 Bread and butter (be) _ all he asked for 13 The author and lecturer (be) arriving today 14 My old friend and colleague, George (be) _- in town yesterday 15 The pen and paper (be) on the desk 16 Jim and Joe (be) roommates 17 The boxes of candy (be) on the table 18 The package of cigarettes (be) _ on the table 19 Oranges and cream (be) _perishable and should be refrigerated 20 Oranges and tangerine (be) delicious 21 Most of the members (be) _ happy 22 Half of the students (be) looking out 23 Some of the sugar (spill) _ on the floor 24 There (be) plenty of time 25 There (be) _a lot of lakes 26 My wife, not my friends, ( wait) for me now 27 Early to bed and early to rise (make) a man healthy, wealthy and wise 28 A cart and horse (see) at a distance hour ago 29 The girl, as well as the boys, (learn ) to ride lately 30 The bat together with the ball (was/were) _stolen 31 The newspaper and the dictionary (be ) on the table 32 The ship with its load of timer (be) _ leaving the port today 33 No one (be) eager to be examined the first 34 It (be) her lies that ( irritate) _ me so much 35 Three fourths of the wall (be) painted 36 Two fifths of the members (be) _present 37 Twenty years (be) not a long period of time in human history 38 “ The three Musketeers” (be) _ written by Alexander Dumas 39 The number of new books in our library (be) ever growing 40 A number of new books in our library (be) _ displayed at the book show Give the correct form of the verbs The weather in the southern states ( get) very hot during the summer The result of Dr Noll’s experiment( publish) _ in a scientific journal last month Bob and his friends( come) to the anniversary party tomorrow night Every man, woman, and child (protect) _ under the law Washing the dishes (not/be) _ the children’ job A lot of the students already(be) here Some of the furniture in our apartment (buy) from the second-hand store Some of the desks in the classroom just(break) _by the children At least three-quarters of that book on famous Americans (be) _about people who (live) _ in the 19th century 10 One of the countries which (export) _ a lot of rice (be) Vietnam 11 Some of the workers who (come) from India (sack) _yesterday 12 The number of students in this room right now (be) twenty 13 A number of students in the class ( speak) _English well 14 The United States (locate) _ in North America 15 Economics (be) Son’s favourite subject 16 This exercise on singular- plural agreement of subjects and verbs (be) _ easy 17 The extent of Jane’s knowledge on various complex subjects ( astound) me 18 The subjects you will be studying in this course (list) _ in the syllabus 19.Only the black Widow spider, or all of the spiders in the United States, ( cause) death among human being 20 The professor and the student ( agree) on that point 21 Almost every professor and student at the University ( approve) of the choice or Dr.Brown as the new president 22 Each girl and boy in the sixth- grade class( have) _to a science project 23 Getting to know students from all over the world (become) one of the best parts of my job lately 24 Half of the students in the class (come) from Arabic- speaking countries 25 Half of this money ( belong) _to you 26 One of my best friends (come) _ to visit me next week 27 Each boy in this class ( have) his own notebook Give the correct form of the verbs Every one of the students (require ) _to take the final test last Sunday None of the animals at the zoo (be ) _free All of them (be) _in enclosures The number of students at the university (reach) approximately 10,000 up to now One of the chief materials in bones and teeth (be) calcium All of the children( have ) _their books All of this homework ( finish) _ by tomorrow Why ( be ) _some of the students absent from the examination yesterday ? Why ( be ) one of the students absent from the examination? What percentage of the earth’s surface (cover ) _ by water? 10 What percentage of the people in the world (be) _ illiterate? 11 There (be/not ) any letters in the mail for you today 12 There (be/not) any mail for you yesterday 13 There (be) a lot of problems in the world so far 14 There (be) _ a lot of furniture in this room 15 There (be) much money in the box 16 The United States ( have) _ a population of 250 million 17 The news about Mr Hogan (make) me surprised 18 Statistics (be ) _ a branch of mathematics 19 The Statistics in that report on oil production (prove) incorrect by my father last week 20 Fifteen minutes (be) _ maximum length of time allowed for the exam 21 Many people in the world ( not /have) _ enough to eat 22 The police (is, are) prepared in case there is a riot 23 The English (be) proud, independent people 24 English (not/be) my native language 25 Many Japanese ( commute) _to their places of work 26 The poor (help) by government program very often 27 John, along with twenty friends ( plan) _ a party at present 28 The picture of the soldiers (bring) back many memories 29 The quality of these recordings (is, are) _not very good 30 The effect of cigarette smoking ( prove) _ to be extremely harmful recently 31 The use of credit card in place of cash (increase) _ rapidly in recent years 35.Advertisement on TV (become) more competitive than ever before 32 Mr Jones, (accompany) _ by several members of the committee, just (propose) some changes of the rules 33 Neither Bill nor Mary (play) tonight 34 Man, no less than the lower forms of life ,(be) _ a product of the evolutionary process Choose the best answers 1: Each of you………a share in the work A to have B have C having D has 2: We need more sugar There is…………sugar in the pot A little B much C any D many 3: His pronunciation causes me a lot of _ A difficult B difficultly C difficulties D difficulty 4.There are small……………………….between British and American English A differences B difference C differently D different 5: Each student the lesson very well A understand B understands C understanding D to understand Can you see anybody in that classroom? - Yes There _ a teacher and fifty students there A have been B has been C is D are students in this class have trouble finding time to work out A Many of B A great deal of C Mostly all D Few 8: I'd like to go on a holiday, but I haven't got a few money A B C D 9: There is _ water in the bottle A many B a number of C few D a little 10: He felt very sad because he had friends in the village A a few B few C little D a little 11: Peter earned a large number of money last year A B C D 12: "Would you like to have coffee?” A little B many C some D few 13 When I came in, everyone were watching a film A B C D ... before enrolling in public school 20 Neither of John’s parents (be) _ English Chia động từ phù hợp với chủ ngữ: The boys in the room (is/are) playing chess To find the book (is/are) necessary