S N V AGREEMENT

1. The news, I’m afraid, (am / is / are) much worst.
2. Bacteria of harmful kind (cause / causes) disease.
3. Seldom in the history of television (have / has) two new comedies
been successful in one season.
4. What (am, is, are) the purpose of doing this?
5. That you like food I cook (encourage / encourages) me very
much.
6. I (wasn’t / weren’t) at Mary’s party last night but my friends
(was / were).
7. Five thousand dollars (am / is / are) a big sum.
8. Neither Tom nor his friends (was / were) there last night.
9. Neither his friends nor Tom (was / were) there last night.
10. A number of workers (have / has) asked for a rise since last
month.
11. My family (was / were) very happy with that news yesterday.
12. None of these students (have / has) finished the exam yet
13. Collecting old coins and paper notes (was / were) one of my
grandfather’s hobbies when he retired.
14. The number of pupils who (have / has) got poor marks since the
beginning of this semester (am / is / are) appalling.
15. There (was / were) only a few people at the meeting last night
16. Exercise (improve / improves) your body and mind.
17. You can use my phone if yours (don’t / doesn’t) work.
18. .The police (am / is / are) looking for the criminals now?
19. A lot of money (am / is / are) spent on advertising every year
20. There (am / is / are) many people coming here to listen to you
21. .Men (don’t / doesn’t) agree on every subject.
22. ephants (don’t / doesn’t) eat meat.
23. The boy (go / goes) to school everyday.
24. To speak (am / is / are) much easy than to practice.
25. February (am / is / are) the shortest month of the year.

26. No other man in the town (am / is / are) as clever as he.
27. Youth (am / is / are) the time when the seeds of character (am /
is / are) sown.
28. Who ever (am / is / are) prudent (am / is / are) respected.
29. A man who(am is / are) industrious (am / is / are) sure to
succeed.
30. .A man who dead (need / needs) no riches.
31. The plays which (was / were) written by Shakespeare (am / is /
are) very interesting.
32. The news (am / is / are) too good to be true.
33. To obey the law (am / is / are) everyone’s duty.
34. Eating between meals (am / is / are) bad for your figure.
35. A number of new books (am / is / are) displayed at the book show.
36. 79.I (don’t / doesn’t) have to say much, a word or two (am / is /
are) sufficient.
37. 80.Five pounds (am / is / are) a small sum.
1. The study of languages (am / is / are) very interesting.
2. John and Mary (am / is / are) going to the party tonight.
3. Everyone (am / is / are) present now.
4. What (am / is / are) your children doing now?
5. Your glasses (was / were) on the desk last night.
6. One of my friends (am / is / are) an actress.
7. The English (like / likes) to drink tea.
8. Growing flowers (am / is / are) her hobby.
9. Economics (am / is / are) John’s major fields of study at the
moment.
10. There (am / is / are) a number of telephones today.
11. The number of schoolboys (am / is / are) in my class
twenty.
12. Mumps usually (cause / causes) a mild fever.

13. One of the girls (go / goes) to visit that old man every
Sunday.
14. (Am / Is / Are) there anybody at home?
15. His knowledge of butterflies (am / is / are) very wide.
16. All the equipment in this laboratory (am / is / are) imported
from Japan.
17. The police (have / has) made many enquiries about the
murder up to now.
18. Their news (come / comes) to us once a year.
19. His silence (mean / means) that he (agree / agrees) with
us.
20. Physics (study / studies) mechanics, heat, light, sound,
and electricity.
21. The man and his brother (am / is / are) standing there.
22. Either this book or that (am / is / are) easy to read.
23. A red wine or white (am / is / are) supplied for dinner.
24. Neither he nor his sisters (speak / speaks) English well.
25. Neither his sisters nor he (speak / speaks) English well.
26. The girl with her cat (am / is / are) here.
27. The girl and her cat (am / is / are) here
28. A football team (consist / consists) of eleven players.
29. A football team (am / is / are) having dinner together.
30. Whisky and soda (am / is / are) his favorite drink.
31. The father and mother and the baby (have / has) gone
away.
32. The tiger, the lion, and the elephant (am / is / are) able to
run very quickly.
33. We (have / has) enough eggs, but (am / is / are) there
enough coffee?
34. Everybody (am / is / are) right.

35. Nobody (am / is / are) wrong.
36. The husband as well as the wife (was / were) ill.
37. A cup of coffee or a glass of lemon juice (am / is / are) very
enjoyable
SUBJECT & VERB AGREEMENT 2
1. A large number of applicants (have / has) already been
interviewed.
2. So far everything (am / is / are) all right.
3. (Am / Is / Are) everything rich? Three-fourth of
roof (am / is / are) painted
4. The crowd (am / is / are) wild with excitement.
5. Twenty-five dollars (seem / seems) too much to pay for
this book.
6. The secretary and accountant of the company (have /
has) not come yet.
7. There (am / is / are) the cattle on the field.
8. He (looks / looks) so sad but no one (understand /
understands) and (believe / believes) him.
9. Many teachers and students (was / were) at the lecture
last night.
10.To my opinion, living in happiness for 10 years (am / is / are)
not a long time.
11.What time (am / is / are) the news on television?
12.The police (have / has) arrested the thief. No one (am / is /
are) eager to be exam first.
13.Physics (am / is / are) more difficult than chemistry.
14.Neither Jack nor I (am / is / are) glad to do that.
15.Ten tons of rice (cost / costs) a great deal of money.
16.Scotland (am / is / are) playing against France in a
football match today.

17.Each boy and each girl (have / has) books.
18.Three years (am / is / are) a long time to be without a job.
19.There (live / lives) many people in this village.
*20.The method of studying the world (have / has)
developed slowly through the work of many people.
21.To love and to be loved (am / is / are) the greatest
happiness on earth.
22.The boys and the girls (love / loves) their parents
deeply.
23.No student and no teacher (am / is / are) present.
24.The computer or artificial intelligence (have / has)
become part of everyday life.
25.What (am / is / are) the purpose of learning foreign
languages?
26.Tom and I (am / is / are) cousins.
27.The whole family (am / is / are) going to the cinema.
28.Two hours (am / is / are) a long time to wait.
29.The production of dyes, perfumes and explosive (have
/ has) made a lot of progress.
30.Physics (am / is / are) my best subject at school.
31.Five days (am / is / are) not long enough for a good holiday.
32.Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (am / is / are) not sharp
enough.
33.France (have / has) lost all their football matches this season.
34.My brother and I (am, is, are) engineers.
35.The police (want / wants) to interview my friend about robbery.
36.A number of students (comes / comes) to the party.
37. “Books” (am / is / are) a noun in plural.
38.The old house with its beautiful furniture and paintings (have /
has) been sold.

39.The Chinese (am / is / are) famous for their food.
40.Children (need / needs) to have good education.
41.My house (am / is / are) big but theirs (am / is / are) small.
42.The purpose of learning (am / is / are) to get more knowledge
of things and people.
43.More and more people (am / is / are) spending their lives
studying science.
44.The force of gravity (pull / pulls) you toward the earth.
45.The language of science (am / is / are) the same for peoples
around the world.
46.The number of schoolgirls in my class (am / is / are) twenty-
six.
47. His family (am / is / are) rich. Cattle (am / is / are) fatten on
green grass and then sold for meat.
48.Her family (am / is / are) sitting in the first row now.
49.Everybody (try / tries) to do their best at present. No one (am /
is / are) eager to be exam first.
50. Much progress (have / has) been made in the world of
science.
51.One of the girls who (work / works) in this department (am / is
/ are) my niece.
52. The development of synthetic fabrics (bring / brings) new
challenges to chemical engineers.
53.Furniture (am / is / are) made in this workshop expensive but
very good.
54.Ethics (deal / deals) with morals. Linguistics (am / is /
are) his favorite subject at school.
55.Mathematics (am / is / are) his favorite subject this
year.
*56.Every man and every woman (have / has) the

responsibility toward their children.
57.No sugar and no ice (am / is / are) put in his coffee.
58.My friends and I (walk / walks) for a mile along the street.
59.Automobiles which (am / is / are) imported from Japan (am
/ is / are) cheap.
60.The cattle imported from Holland (give / gives) much milk.
61.Each boy and girl (receive / receives) a diploma at the
graduation.
62.Two hours (am / is / are) not so long for such an interesting
speech.
63.There (am / is / are) much rain this summer.
64.Good news (am / is / are) known throughout the country
now.
65.The singing of the birds (delight /delights) us.
66.My family (am / is / are) here. Two kilos of coffee (cost /
costs) about one hundred thousands dong
67.Bread and butter (am / is / are) all he asked for.
68. John or his brothers (am / is / are) going to help me.
69.The committee (have / has) agreed on the plan.
70.It (am / is / are) my two brothers who (am / is / are) hurt.
71.The number of pupils in the class (am / is / are) limited to
forty.
72.Sixty dollars (am / is / are) too much to pay for that tie.
73.Three weeks (am / is / are) a long time to wait. Twenty
years (am / is / are) not a long period of time in human
history.
74.Thirty miles on that road (seem / seems) like two hundred.
75.Early to bed and early to rise (make / makes) a man
healthy, wealthy and wise.
76.My wife, not my friends, (am / is / are) waiting for me

TENSE (REVIEW)
1. My brother________in the army in 1995. a.
served b. has served c. had served d. is serving
2. John _____tennis once or twice a week.
a. is playing usually b. usually plays c. is
usually playing d. plays usually
3. I never go to Australia. I _____to Australia yet.
a. will go b. went
c. haven't been d. have been
4. What______happen if you come late for the meeting
tomorrow?a. will be b. will
c. would be d. would
5. Mr Johnson________to Los Angeles in 1982.a. had
gone b. has gone c. went d. was going
6. He died after he ______ill a long time.a. had been
b. was c. has been d. is
7. They’ll finish this work before you _____here
tomorrow.a. will leave b. left
c. are leaving d. leave
8. Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolate?
I_______a delicious dessert for dinner tonight.
a. make b. am going to make
c. will make d. will have made
9. Let’s go! What’s taking you so long? I’ll be there as
soon as I______my keys.a. found b. find
c. will find d. am finding
10. Next week when there_____a full moon, the ocean
tides will be higher.
a. is being b. will be c. is d. will have been
11. While I ________TV last night, a mouse ran across

the floor.a. watch b. watched
c. was watching d. am watching
12. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish
_____on earth for ages and ages.
a. existed b. are existing
c. exist d. have existed
13. I’ve been in this city for a long time. I_______here sixteen
years ago.a. have come b. was coming
c. came d. had come
14. The earth ______on the sun for its heat and light.
a. is dependedb. dependingc. depend d. depends
15. I don’t feel good. I______home from work tomorrow.a. am
staying b. have stayed c. stay
d. stayed
16. On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Amstrong_______ down
onto the moon, the first person ever to set foot on another
celestial body. a. was stepping b. has
stepped c. stepped d. was stepped
17. Everything is going well. We_____any problems so far.a.
didn’t have b. don’t have
c. haven’t had d. won’t have
18. My family loves this house. It______the family home ever
since my grandfather built it 60 years ago.
a. was b. has been c. is
d.will be
19. It’s against the law to kill the hinoceros. They
________extinct.a. became b. have become
c. become d. are becoming
20. According to research reports, people usually______in their
sleep 25 to 30 times each times.

a. turn b. are turning
c. have turned d. turned
21. Linda has lost her passport again. It’s the second time
this_____.a. has happened b. happens
c. happened d. had happened
22. We’re good friends. We______each other for a long time.a.
know b. have known
c. knew d. are knowing
23. May I speak to Dr Lee, please? I’m sorry,
he________a patient at the moment. Can I help you?
a. is seeing b. sees c.
has been seeing d. was seeing
24. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous
because he______before.
a. hasn’t flown b. didn’t fly c.
hadn’t flown d.
wasn’t flying
25. I’ve been in this city for a long time. I____here sixteen
years ago.
a. have come b. was coming c.
came d. had come
26. “Hurry up! We’re waiting for you. What’s taking you so
long?”
“I ____for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave
without me.”
a. wait b. will wait c.
am waiting d. have waited
27. The little girl started to cry. She______her doll and no
one was able to find it for her.
a.has lost b. had lost

c.was losing d.was lost
28. Newton ____back to Cambrige in 1667. a.
has gone b. would go c.
goes d. went
29. Lightning seldom____twice in the same place.
a. strikes b. is striking c. will strike
d. was striking
30. He____twenty calves last week, now he____them up to sell.
a. had bought/fed b. buys/feeds c. bought/is
feeding d. was buying/fed
31. Who____the boss tell him that? Pter did. a. did hear
b. does hear c. hears d. heard
32. He_____on the bank fishing when he____a man’s hat
floating down the river.
a. had sat/had seen b. was sitting/saw c. sat/was
seeing d. was sitting/has seen
33. ______Peter leave for London? Two weeks ago.
a. Why has b. When did c. Where
willd. What did
34. Peter is learning English at the moment. He
often____English three periods a week.
a. is learning b. learns c. has
learned d. will learn
35. We___any problem up to now. a. don’t
have b. hadn’t c. won’t
have d. haven’t had
36. While they_____up the west coast, they ran out of food.
a. are sailing b. were sailing c. sailed
d. have sailed
37. Alex did not come to see the film last night because he____it

before.
a. saw b. had seen c. has seen
d. was seen