BÀI GIẢNG ANH 12: S v agreement +BÀI TẬP

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SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
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Exercise 1. (1) Underline the complex noun that is subject; (2) circle the main noun in the
subject; (3) write the verb in brackets in the space either as a singular verb or plural verb so
that it agrees with the main noun.(Gạch chân cụm danh từ làm chủ ngữ, khoanh tròn danh từ
làm chủ ngữ chính và chia động từ trong ngoặc số ít- số nhiều)
1. The issues which have been considered in the previous section ………………. us to speculate in the
problems that learners might encounter. (allow)
2. Smuggling illegal immigrants out of Mexico ……………….. against the law. (be)
3. The country’s first general election since it won independence ………….. to be held next month. (be)
4. The only people who are interested in the book …………. to be lawyers. (seem)
5. The view of the manufacturing and tourist industries …………… that the economy is improving. (be)
6. An early analysis of the results ………………. that the Socialists have won. (show)
7. Reliance only on written tests of English to measure language ability …………… to be a cheap
option. (appear)
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with either is/are or has/have. If both singular and plural
forms are possible, write them both.
1. A number of shoppers ………. complained about the price increases.
2. I can assure you that everything ………….. perfectly safe.
3. Either of the dentists ………. available. Which one do you want to see?
4. The majority of primary school teachers ………… women.
5. Each of Susan’s colleagues ………… sent her a personal letter of support.
6. Although some people find cricket boring, each match ………. different.
7. All of the office staff ………… agreed to work late tonight to get the job finished.
8. A lot of the pollution …………. caused by the paper factory on the edge of town.

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9. None of the TV programmes ……….. worth watching tonight.
10. I hope everyone ……….. a good holiday. See you next term.
11. The number of pupils in school with reading difficulties ………… fallen this year.
12. Some people …………. the strangest hobbies. My brother collects bottles.
13. None of the information …………. particularly useful to me.
Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question 1. Neither the students nor their lecturer___________English in the classroom.
A. use

B. uses

C. are using

D. have used

Question 2. If either of you take a vacation now, we won’t be able to finish this work
A. either

B. take

C. won’t be

D. able to finish

Question 3: What we know about certain diseases are still not sufficient to prevent them from
spreading easily among the population
A. What we know about

B. are

C. spreading

D. among

Question 4. Today the number of people who enjoys winter sports is almost double that of twenty.
A. number

B. who enjoys

C.almost double

D. that of

Question 5. ________ have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the
Internet is widely recognized.
A. It is that computers
B. That computers
D. That it’s computers

C. Computers that

Question 6. The number of unemployed people __________ recently.
A. is increasing

B. has increased

C. have increased

D. increase

Question 7. Everyone in both cars ________ injured in the accident last night, ________?
A. were/ weren't they
B. was/ weren't they
C. was/ wasn't he?
D. were/ were they
Question 8. The number of working women _______ from 49% in 1980 to nearly 65% in China today.
A. is increasing

B. has increased

C. have increased

D. has been increased

Question 9. Every man and woman _____the same right
A. have

B. has

C. are

D. were

Question 10. The poet and the writer _____ from London

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A. come

B. has came

C. comes

D. is coming

Question 11. The world is becoming more (A) industrialized and the number of animal (B) species
that have become (C) extinct (D) have increased
Question 12. The amounts of (A) oxygen and nitrogen in the air almost always remain stable, but the
amount of water vapor vary considerably.
Question 13. The shocking news in newspapers are what people are talking about this morning.
A. shocking

B. are

C. in

D. what

Question 14. My dog ________ my cats eats twice a day.
A. as well as

B. both

C. or

D. nor

Question 15. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in your large,
industrial cities today.
A. are causing

B. many problems

C. with littering

D. industrial cities

Question 16. This orange juice ___ awful. I bet you ___ it,
A. is smelling/ like

B. smelling/ will not like C. smells/ will not like

D. has smelled/ liked

Question 17. On (A) the floor of the Pacific Ocean is (B) hundreds of (C) flat-topped mountains more
than (D) a mile beneath sea level.
Question 18. Both Tuan and Thanh has been to Paris before.
A. Both

B. and

C. has

D. before

Question 19. They was told to plan everything very carefully before the journey.
A. was

B. everything

C. carefully

D. journey

Question 20. A large number of reporters ________ at the meeting yesterday.
A. being

B. are

C. were

D. is

Question 21. Buying clothes are (A) often a very time-consuming (B) practice because those (C)
clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones (D) that fit him or her.
Question 22. Since the flood the number of homeless people _______ dramatically.
A. are increasing

B. had increased

C. increase

D. has increased

Question 23. Each of the members of the group were made to write a report every week.
A. were

B. members

C. to write

D. week

Question 24. Psychologists have found that the number of social contacts we have ______ only
reason for loneliness.
A. are not the

B. is not the

C. are not an

D. is not an

Question 25. Not only the athlete but also his wife are going to the party tonight.

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A. not only

B. but

C. are

D. the

Question 26. The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.
A. smoking

B. effects

C. on

D. have been proved.

Question 27. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the
festivies.
A. along with

B. her cousins

C. are

D. to attend

Question 28. Three years ____ too long for me to school
A. are

B. were

C. have

D. is

Question 29.The students, along with the teacher, _____ coming to the meeting.
A. are

B. was

C. has been

D. is

Question 30. The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Ministers, ______ going to the meeting

A. is

B. were

C. have

D. are

Question 31 – (Đề TN 2007 lần 1). Neither you nor I _____ responsible for the bad result.
A. are

B. be

C. am

D. is

Question 32. The existence of many stars in the sky _____ us to suspect that there may be life on
another planet.
A. have led

B. leads

C. lead

D. leading

Question 33.Neither Tom nor his brothers _____ willing to help their mother with the housework.
A. are

B. was

C. has been

D. is

Question 34.The numbers of cars on the roads _____ increasing, so we need to build more roads.
A. is

B. were

C. was

D. are

Question 35. 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

Question 36. 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

Question 37. Only one of our gifted students _____ to participate in the final competition.
A. has been chosen

B. have been chosen

C. were choosing

D. chosen

Question 38. A number of students ____ coming to the seminar.
A. are

B. was

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Question 39. To meet the customers’ demand _____ our first priority.
A. is

B. were

C. to be

D. are

Question 40. The only excuse that he gave for his actions ____ that he wanted to protect himself.
A. were

B. is

C. are

D. was

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