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Chapter 6 Subject-Verb Agreement ® Practice 1. Preview. (Chop Correct the errors in the use of singular and plural forms of nouns and verbs. Don’t add any new words 6 3 1. My mother wear, glasses. 2. ‘Elephants is large animals. 3, Your heart beat faster when you exercise. 4, Healthy hearts needs regular exercise 5. Bvery child in the class know the alphabet. 6. Some of the magazine at the dentists office are two year old. 7. A number of the students in my class is from Mexico, 8. One of my favorite subject in school is algebra, 9. ‘There’s many different kind of insects in the world. 10. Writing compositions are difficult for me. 11, The United States have a population of over 300 million. 12, Most of the movie take place in Paris. 13. Most of the people in my factory division likes and gets along with one another, but a few of the worker doesn’t fit in with the rest of us very well 57 > Prox 2, Final -s on nouns and verbs. 61) Look at the words that end in -s. Are they nouns or verbs? Are they singular or plural? Check the correct columns. Noun | Verb | Singular | Plural 1. A boat floats. v v 2, Boats float. 3. My friend lives in my neighborhood. 4. My friends live in my neighborhood. 5, Helen eats a cookie every morning. 6. Donuts contain a lot of sugar, 7. Babies cry when they are hungry. 8, My baby cries every night. Practice 3. Pronunciation and spelling ‘Add -s or -es to these words to spell them correctly. Then write ‘el, /2/, or Jaz! to show the pronunciation of the endings bale _a/_ touch. 1, industry wish 22 month. 12. swallow _ aunt__2— i ree 13, cliff____ flower dress 14, bath. 5. park ____ valley 15. bathe, ice 4, Basic subjeciverb agreeme Girele the correct verb. 1, The weather (is/are) cold Vegetables (is / are) good for you. . Each boy (has / have} his own locker in the gym. A dog (barks ! bark). Dogs (barles bark). Ann (is/are) at home, Ann and Sue (i/ are) at home. 8. Every boy and girl (is/are) here 9. Aboy and a git (is/are) in the strect. 10. Hating vegetables (is / are) good for you & Practice 5. 1. Some of Highway 21 Some of the highways A lot of that movie A lot of movies Subject-verb agreement: using Complete the sentences with és or are. expressions of quantity. (Chor ¢ closed due to flooding. _ closed due to flooding. full of violence. full of violence. Half of the pizza for you and half for me. vegetarian, Most of my friends people I met in school. Every one of my friends a sports fan. ‘The number of desks in that classroom — thirty-five. 2, 3. 4. 5 6. Half of the pizzas 7 8, 9, 0, A number of stores — closed today because of the holiday. f quanti ® Practice 6. Subjectverb agreement: using Girele the correct verb. xPFes 1. Alarge part of our town (have / has) been badly damaged by a big fire. 2, Most ofthe houses (suas / vere) destroyed by the fire. 3. Most of the house (was / were) destroyed by the fire. 4. One of the houses (was / were) destroyed by the fire. 5. Hach of the houses (is/are) in ruins. 6. Each house (i /are) in ruins, 7. Every one of the houses (as / haze) serious damage, 8, Every house (has / have) serious damage 9, None of the houses (has / have) escaped damage. ice 7. Subject-verb agreement: using there + be. (Che Circle the correct verb. 1. There (is /are) a cup on the table. There (is/are) some cups on the table, There ‘There There (is/are) a lot of people in the line for the movie. (is (are) a snack bar in the lobby of the theater. (coasn’t / weren’0) any hurricanes in Florida last year, ‘There (suas / were) 2 terrible tsunami in Asia in 2004. ‘Why. (im’r/ aren't) there any windows in the classroom? ‘Why (ion’t/ aren’) there 2 teacher in the classroom? ‘There (has / have) been an ongoing problem with the color printer. | | | Berns yey ‘There (has / have) been a lot of problems with the color printer. subject-Verb Agreement 59 Practice 8. Subject-verb agreement: some irregularities. (Chart 4-5) Circle the correct verb. 1. States (&/are) political units, 2, ‘The United States (is/are) in North America ‘The news in that newspaper (is / are) biased. Economics (is / are) an important area of study. Diabetes (is /are) an illness. Mumps (is/are) another kind of illness. Rabies (is/are) a disease you can get from being bitten by an infected animal. | 6. One hundred meters (isn’t / aren’) a long distance to travel by car. 7. Five minutes (isn’t! aren't) too long to wait 8. Six and four (is/are) ten. 9, People (is / are) interesting. 10. English (is /are) a common language. 11. The English (is /are) friendly people. 12. ‘The elderly in my country (is /ave) given free medical care, 13, Four colorful fish (fs / are) swimming in the fish tank. 14. The police (is/are) coming to investigate the accident. & Practice 9. Subject-verb agreement. (Charis 6-2 > 6-5) Complete the sentences with the present tense of the appropriate verb from the list. Some verbs may be used more than once. be contain cost drive like ‘make remind : 1. There __________ an old barn near our town. The barn has been converted to a bookstore, and its name is The Old Barn Bookstore. 2. I's a very popular place, especially on weekends. People ita lot. They ‘out to the barn on weekends. 60 CHAPTERS > Practice 10. Subject-verb agreement. ( Ie’s about twenty miles from downtown. Twenty miles ________a long drive, but the bookstore is worth the drive. A lot of the books in The Old Barn Bookstore ______ not new books. There a lor of used books, old books, and even valuable antique books. There —__ a large number of beautiful art books too. Each one ______ excellent photographs of famous pieces of art. Most of these books —_______ awite expensive. [Pm thinking about buying a few nice art books there. One of the books ——_____ over @ hundred dollars because its very valuable. Tthas an autograph and an inscription by Emest Hemingway. ‘There ___ a small café in The Old Barn Bookstore too. You can sit there for hours if you want, browsing through the books you are thinking of buying. The number of food items on the menu —_ very small, but about twenty different kinds of coffee ____ served. Last Sunday I was browsing through some books when suddenly I heard several people speeking French. When I looked up, I saw six people at the next table, all speaking excitedly. T used to understand French, but now French ____ very difficult for me to understand. However, hearing French always _____me of my days as a student and ___ me feel young again, arts 6-2 > 6-5) Circle the correct verb. Boy 6. Fach skater in the competition (has / have) wained since childhood. ‘A convention of English teachers from all over the world (take / rakes) place every spring. ‘Some of the new movies (is/are) good, but alot of them (have / has) too much violence. ‘We saw a film about India last night. Some of the movie (was /vere) fascinating, and there (cas / werd) 9 ot of beautiful mountain scenes. ‘Three-fourths of the patients who (take / rakes) this new medicine report improvement. ‘Almost three-quarters of the surface of the earth (5 are) covered by water ‘There (is /aré) 100 senators in the United States Senate, ‘The number of votes necessary for a simple majority (is/are) 51 ‘There (has / have) been some encouraging news about pandas in recent years. There (is fare) more pandas living today than there (was / were) ten years ago. ‘The United Arab Emirates (és / are) a country in the Middle East. The New ork Times (is/are) an important newspaper. Economies (is/are) impossible for me to understand, Diabetes (is fare) an illness. People who (has / have) it must be careful with their dict Five dollars (i /ard) 100 much to pay for a pencil! “The English (peak / speaks) with an accent that is different from the American accent. ‘The handicapped (use / uses) a special entrance in this building, Subject-Verb Agreement 61 » Practice 11. Subject-verb agreement. (Chopters 1- 6) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given verb, Use any appropriate tense. 1, Nearly 90 percent of the people in our town always (vote) in Jocal elections. 2. Inrecent years, a number of students (participate) ____ in language programs abroad. 3, ‘The number of students who knew the answer to the last question on the exam ) 4. Every one of the boys and girls in the school (Anos) very low. what to do if the fire alarm rings. 5, Alot of people in the United States (speak) and (understand) Spanish Why (be) _____ the police standing over there right now? Why (broadcast) most of the television stations ____ news at the same hour every night? 8. Some of the most important books for my report (#e) _____ not availabe in the school library, so Pl have to look for information on the internet, 9. Recently there (be) of school, times when I have seriously considered dropping out 10, Not one of the women in my office (receive) ______ a promotion in the past two years, All of the promotions (go) ______ to men, 11. The news on the radio and'TV stations (confirm) that a serious storm is, approaching our city. 12. Geography (be) fascinating. Mathematics (be) _____ fascinating. Llove those subjects! 13. Mathematics and geography (be) ____ my favorite subjects. 14. By lav, every man, woman, and child (hase) _____ the right to free speech. It is guaranteed in our constitution. 15. (Be, not) ___ sugar and pineapple the leading crops in Hawaii now? 16. Why (6c) there a shortage of certified school teachers at the present time? 17. How many states in the United States (begin) _______with the letter “A” 18. The United States (consist) _____ of 50 states. 19, What places in the world (have) ____ no snakes? 20. Politics (be) 21, (Be) _______ there ever any doubt in your mind about the outcome of the election? a constant source of interest to me, ‘You were sure that Garcia was going to win, weren’t you? *Sce the Answer Key forthe answer 1 this question. 62 CHAPTERS PRACTICE, p.49 10, dine ext Tn been fe ee ne 11 bad change 12. d.depens cere canes 13. aed 1a. Ee ade 5 po 14, he gine 13. ewupped &: oe 15, bo ne te, dna boc wating 7 we Ie. tokea 17. 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