Exercise 10: Subject-Verb Agreement
1.
John,
along with twenty friends, are planning a party.
2.
The
picture of the soldiers bring back many memories.
3.
The
quality of these recordings are not very good.
4.
If
the duties of these officers aren’t reduced, there will not be enough time to
finish the project.
5.
The
effects of cigrette smoking have been proven to be extremely harmful.
6.
The
use of credit cards in place of cash have increased rapidly in recent years.
7.
Advertisements
on television are becoming more competitive than ever before.
8.
Living
expenses in this country, as well as in many others, is at an all-time high.
9.
Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of
the committee, has proposed some changes of the rules.
10.
The
levels of intoxication vary from subject to subject.
Exercise 11: Subject-Verb Agreement
1.
Neither
Bill nor Mary are going to the play tonight.
2.
Anything
are better than going to another movie tonight.
3.
Skating
is becoming more popular every day.
4.
A
number of reporters were at the conference yesterday.
5.
Everybody who has a fever must go home
immediately.
6.
Your
glasses were on the bureau last night.
7.
There
were some people at the meeting last night.
8.
The
committee has already reached a decision.
9.
A
pair of jeans were in the washing mechine this morning.
10.
Each
student have answered the first three questions.
11.
Either John or his wife makes breakfast each
morning.
12.
After
she had perused the material, the secretary decided that every-thing were in
order.
13.
The
crowd at the basketball game was wild with excitement.
14.
A pack of wild dogs has frightened all the
ducks away.
15.
The
jury is trying to reach a decision.
16.
The
army has eliminated this section of the training test.
17.
The
number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter are appalling.
18.
There
have been too many interruptions in this class.
19.
Every
elementary school teacher has to take this examination.
20.
Neither Jill nor her parents have seen this
movie before.
