SET VI, ESL 3e

EXCERCISE 4: Subject-verb agreement. Complete the following sentences. Use only present tenses.

1. In my country, there ________________________________________________________

2. Many of the people in my country ____________________________________________

3. Most of the food at the cafeteria ___________________________________________

4. Not only my country but also ________________________________________________

5. Each ________________________________________________________________________

6. Neither of my parents _______________________________________________________

7. Some of the teachers ________________________________________________________

8. Some of the teacher's _______________________________________________________

9. The United States __________________________________________________________

10. Mathematics _________________________________________________________________

11. American Readings ____________________________________________________

12. One hundred dollars _________________________________________________________

13. Everybody in the whole world ________________________________________________

14. Schools in my country _______________________________________________________

15. Both the students and teacher _______________________________________________

16. Neither the studens nor the teacher _________________________________________

17. Every man, woman, and child _________________________________________________

18. The poor ____________________________________________________________________

19. The number of students ______________________________________________________

20. A number of students ________________________________________________________

21. Two hours ___________________________________________________________________

22. One of my ___________________________________________________________________

23. Half of the students ________________________________________________________

24. That man's ideas ____________________________________________________________

25. English _____________________________________________________________________

26. Japanese ____________________________________________________________________

27. Childern ____________________________________________________________________

28. The children's favorite game ________________________________________________

29. The news in those magazines _________________________________________________