SET VI, ESL 3c

ORAL EXERCISE 2: Singular-Plural agreement. Respond with is or are:

EXAMPLE: People... Response:...are

The United States... Not only the teacher but also Each man, woman, and child... the students... Mathematics... Not only the students but Two-thirds of the food... also the teacher... The number of students... Both the students and the Most of the fruit... teacher... Most of the states... The clothing in those A lot of the chairs... stores... A lot of the furniture... Two hundered miles... The old in the United States... The young... The United States government... All of the seats in the One of the girls... airplane... The quiz on nouns... French... The story about ghosts... The Chinese... Her husband's habits... Some of the people... Most of the stores in the The man, woman, and child... city... Each man, woman, and child... A lot of the books by that The news in this morning's author... paper... The rich... Not only my country but also the His feet... United states... A number of people... A number of people... The number of people... Everyone in the English classes... People... Neither the shirt nor the shoes... Either the dog or the cats... Both John and I... Most of the information in those books... Children... The children's room... Ten minutes... Two gallons of milk... The number of people who understand Einstein's theory of relativity... His method of doing things... Fifty percent of the people in the world... Fifty percent of the world's population... The news from home... A millon dollars...