subjec and verb agreement

Tran Thai Quang Trung Son Secondary School
SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT
1.Nam, along with his friends............. (is / are) planning a party.
2.The quality of these recordings .............(is / are ) not very good.
3.If the duties of these officers ...(isn’t / aren’t ) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the
project.
4.Neither Bill nor his parents ...........(is / are ) going to the party tonight.
5.Anything.......(is / are) better than going to another movie tonight.
6.A number of reporters........ (was / were) at the conference yesterday.
7.There........(was / were) some people at the meeting last night.
8.Each student .......(has / have) answered the first four questions.
9.Either the children or her husband........(has / have) had breakfast.
10.The number of students in our class........(is / are) 40.
11.The police.......(come / comes) to the site of the accident.
12.These pictures, as well as the photograph.....(brighten / brightens) the room.
13.What he told you.......... ( seem / seems) to be of no importance.
14.Measles.......(is / are) cured without much difficulty nowadays.
15.Ten years..........(is / are) a long time to wait.
16.After a long day’s work.......(is/ are) not the right time to dancing.
17.No news ........(is / are) good news.
18.The man and his dog.........(was / were) here yesterday.
19.Mr john, accompanied by his wife and three children.........(have / has) just arrived.
20.All the equipment .........(is / are) made in Japan.
21.Whatever he said........(was / were) unreliable.
22.Ten miles from here to her house.........(isn’t / aren’t) a long distance.
23.Watering flower trees........(is /are) my hobby.
24.Two thirds of the cake .......(is / are ) for you and one third of it.........(is / are) for me.
25.That he has passed the final test.........(makes/ make) his parents happy.
26.This pair of scissors.........( is/ are) dull.
QUANTIFIERS
1.(Most/Most of).......adolescents can hardly find a suitable job.

2.There are 45 students in my class. (Most / Most of ) ......them are girls.
3.She gave........(most / most of) her energy to science.
4.She put too..........(many / much/ a great deal of / a large number of) sugar in
the coffee.It became so sweet that I couldn’t drink it.
5.She doesn’t know...(many / much/ a great deal of) about what to do in response to his kind
heartedness
6.Would you like......(less / fewer) coffee than this ?
7.A.......( few / little) people left early.
8.I donot want..........(these / this ) water.
9.She bought..........(those / that) cards last night.
10.I’d like ........( a little / a few ) salt in my vegetables.
11.He speaks only..........(a few / little / some) words.
12.(Most / Most of).........the time he spent on learning was fairly reasonable.
13.They make........( a large number of / many/ little) mistakes in their spelling.
14.He has read.........(a / an / the) interesting book.
15.(Two /Two of)......... these tables belong to me.
Tran Thai Quang Trung Son Secondary School
SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT
1.Nam, along with his friends............. (is / are) planning a party.
2.The quality of these recordings .............(is / are ) not very good.
3.If the duties of these officers ...(isn’t / aren’t ) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the
project.
4.Neither Bill nor his parents ...........(is / are ) going to the party tonight.
5.Anything.......(is / are) better than going to another movie tonight.
6.A number of reporters........ (was / were) at the conference yesterday.
7.There........(was / were) some people at the meeting last night.
8.Each student .......(has / have) answered the first four questions.
9.Either the children or her husband........(has / have) had breakfast.
10.The number of students in our class........(is / are) 40.
11.The police.......(come / comes) to the site of the accident.

12.These pictures, as well as the photograph.....(brighten / brightens) the room.
13.What he told you.......... ( seem / seems) to be of no importance.
14.Measles.......(is / are) cured without much difficulty nowadays.
15.Ten years..........(is / are) a long time to wait.
16.After a long day’s work.......(is/ are) not the right time to dancing.
17.No news ........(is / are) good news.
18.The man and his dog.........(was / were) here yesterday.
19.Mr john, accompanied by his wife and three children.........(have / has) just arrived.
20.All the equipment .........(is / are) made in Japan.
21.Whatever he said........(was / were) unreliable.
22.Ten miles from here to her house.........(isn’t / aren’t) a long distance.
23.Watering flower trees........(is /are) my hobby.
24.Two thirds of the cake .......(is / are ) for you and one third of it.........(is / are) for me.
25.That he has passed the final test.........(makes/ make) his parents happy.
26.This pair of scissors.........( is/ are) dull.
QUANTIFIERS
1.(Most/Most of).......adolescents can hardly find a suitable job.
2.There are 45 students in my class. (Most / Most of ) ......them are girls.
3.She gave........(most / most of) her energy to science.
4.She put too..........(many / much/ a great deal of / a large number of) sugar in
the coffee.It became so sweet that I couldn’t drink it.
5.She doesn’t know...(many / much/ a great deal of) about what to do in response to his kind
heartedness
6.Would you like......(less / fewer) coffee than this ?
7.A.......( few / little) people left early.
8.I donot want..........(these / this ) water.
9.She bought..........(those / that) cards last night.
10.I’d like ........( a little / a few ) salt in my vegetables.
11.He speaks only..........(a few / little / some) words.
12.(Most / Most of).........the time he spent on learning was fairly reasonable.

13.They make........( a large number of / many/ little) mistakes in their spelling.
14.He has read.........(a / an / the) interesting book.
15.(Two /Two of)......... these tables belong to me.