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<i>BÀI TẬP CHUYÊN ĐỀ 3</i>:

<i>Subject And Verb Agreement</i>

Exercise 1: Chọn phương án tốt nhất để hoàn thành các câu sau:
1. Twenty dollars ____ the price.

A. are B. is C. being D. were

2. Several pets, two dogs, and a cat _____ to be taken care of while we are gone.

A. needs B. needing C. need D. needed

3. Neither Canada nor Mexico ______ that citizens of the united state have passports.

A. require B. requires C. requiring D. to require

4. Both Mary and Ellen as well as Jean _____ on the tour.

A. are going B. is going C. has been going D. was going

5. There ______ ten people in line already when we arrived.

A. are B. is C. was D. were

6. The news ____ wholly correct.

A. is B. are C. have been D. will been

7. Mathematics _____ very interesting to me.

A. are B. have been C. is D. were

8. Either of these buses______ past the university.

A. go B. goes C. have gone D. gone

9. The police _____ for the criminal now.

A. is looking B. was looking C. are looking D.were looking

10. A number of workers _____ for a rise since last month.

A. ask B. asked C. has asked D. have asked

11. The number of students in this class_____40

A. be B. are C. is D. have been

12. Everyone _____ present now.

A. are B. is C. are being D. is being

13. The Chinese_____ to drink tea.

A. likes B. has liked C. like D. A and B are correct

14. One of my friends _____ an actress.

A. is B. were C. are D. B and C are correct

15. The heavy boxes in the corner of the room ______ .

A. is mine B. was mine C. are mine D. of mine

16. Playing video games ______ popular among children nowadays.

A. was B. is C. had been D. will be

17. Water and oil _____.

A. doesn’t mix B. has mixed C. is mixed D. do not mix

18. A lot of housework ______ me very tired.

A. make B. makes C. are making D. have made

19. Each of the students _____ ready for the oral test.

A. be B. are C. is D. have been

20. Neither the director nor his assistant _______ yet.

A. has come B. hasn’t come C. have come D. haven’t come

21. The news, I’m afraid, _______ got much worse.

A. have been B. has been C. have D. has

22. Bacteria of the harmful kind ______ diseases.

A. cause B. causes C. is causes D. was causes

23. What _____ the purpose of doing this ?

A. were B. is C. are D. have been

24. There _______ only a few people at the meeting last night.

A. are B. is C. was D. were

25. The police _____ for the criminal now.

A. is looking B. was looking C. are looking D. were looking

26. A lot of money _____ on advertising every year.

A. spend B. spends C. is spent D. are spent

27. The actress, along with her manager, ________ going to the party tonight.

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28. You can use my phone if your _______.

A. don’t work B. doesn’t work C. not to work D. not working

29. Exercise ______ your body and your mind.

A. improve B. improves C. is improved D. are improved

30. Collecting old coins and paper notes ______ my grandfathers hobbies when he retired.

A. was B. are C. were D. had been

31. A number of workers _______ for a rise since last week.

A. ask B. asked C. has asked D. have asked

32. Neither Tom nor his friends________ there last night.

A. is B. are C. was D. were

33. Five thousand dollars ______ a big sum.

A. were B. are C. is D. have been

34. I ______ at Mary’ party last night.

A. am B. was C. were D. have been

35. Economics _____ the science of choice.

A. is B. are C. which is D. is which

36. Throughout the United States ______ fast food restaurants where hamburgers are served.

A. there is B. there are C. are there D. is there

37. Cattle _____ eating grass now.

A. is B. was C. are D. were

38. Fifty minutes ______ enough to finish this test .

A are not B. is not C. were not D. have not

39. The effects of cigarette ____ been proven to be extremely harmful.

A. have B. has C. has just D. B & C are correct

40. Your glasses _______ on the desk last night.

A. are B. is C. was D. were

Exercise 2: Chọn một lỗi sai trong mỗi câu sau:

1. There (A)is some (B)scissors (C)in the desk drawer (D)in the bedroom.

2. Each of the (A)students (B)in the class has to do (C)their (D)own homework this semester.

3. Mrs. Steven, along (A)with (B)her cousins from Mexico, (D)are planning (D)to attend the festivities.
4. (A)A lunch (B)of soup and sandwiches (C)do not (D)appeal to all of the students.

5. (A)A liter is (B)one of the metric (C)measurements, (D)aren’t they?
6. Mathematics (A)are not (B)too difficult (C)for him (D)to study.

7. Mumps (A)are a very (B)common disease (C)which (D)usually affects children.

8. Each (A)of the nurses (B)report to the operating room when (C)his or her name (D)is called.
9. No one (A)knows exactly how many (B)species of (C)animals (D)lives on earth.

10. Botanists (A)have determined that (B)it is more than 60 (C)species of (D)sunflowers.
11. My father (A)don’t smoke (B)any longer. He (C)eats candy (D)instead.

12. The (A)oceans contain many (B)forms that (C)has not (D)yet been discovered.

13. (A)Among my favorite (B)film stars (C)is Jet Lee (D)and Jackie Chan.

14. (A)Sometimes I (B)don’t like (C)to watch TV because (D)there is a lot of advertisements on.
15. (A)To master (B)a foreign language (C)are not (D)an easy process.

16. (A)How long (B)do it (C)take you (D)to go to school?

17. (A)Rickets (B)are very (C)popular (D)in several countries in Africa.
18. (A)Both chocolate (B)and butter (C)has (D)a lot of calories.

19. (A)Neither Mai (B)nor (C)her friends (D)is going to the party.
20. SARS (A)are an epidemic (B)that (C)kills (D)many people in China.

21. (A)Economics (B)have been developed (C)rapidly (D)since the last few years.
22. They (A)has got married (B)for 30 years (C)by the end of (D)this month.

23. (A)Most children enjoy (B)reading pictures books (C)while teenagers (D)prefers novels.
24. One of her sons (A)are (B)a doctor (C)in my (D)mother’s hospital.

25. Two weeks (A)are (B)plenty of time (C)to finish (D)the assignment.

26. (A)Working (B)provide people (C)with personal satisfaction (D)as well as money.
27. Jim, (A)together with his friends (B)go (C)fishing (D)at the lake.

28. (A)Either the doctor or the nurses (B)takes care of (C)changing the (D)patients’ bandages.
29. One (A)hundred eight (B)thousands miles (C)are the speed (D)of light.

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