Subject-verb agreement

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Subject-verb agreement
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?1 Not only I but Jane and Mary ______ tired of
having one examination after another. A. is
B. are C. am D. be

• ? ?or, eitheror, neithernor, notbut, not
  only but also?????????,?????????????
• e.g. ______ you or he the teacher of English?
• Neither my sister nor my mother ______
  present at the meeting.
• A. Are, was B. Is, were
• C. Are, are D. Is, is

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?2 A library with five thousand books ______ to
the nation as a gift. A. is offered
B. has offered C. are offered D.
have offered

• ? ????,?????with, together with, as well as,
  along with, in addition to, like, including, but,
  rather than, no less than????,?????????
• e.g. The monitor as well as his classmates was
  given a reward for working hard.

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?3 When and where to build the new factory
______ yet. A. is not decided B. are not
decidedC. has not decided D. have not decided

• ? ?when?where????????????,???????????,??????????
  ?,????????
• e.g Reading aloud is very important in learning a
  foreign language.

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• ?4 Every boy and every girl ______ that each
  day and each hour brings ______ duty.
• A. know, their B. knows, their
• C. knows, its D. know, its

?every/each/ no????and every/ each /
no?????????,???????? e.g. No teacher and no
student agrees to have classes on Sunday.
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?5 We live day by day, but in the great things,
the time of days and weeks ______ so small that a
day is unimportant. (2007 ??) A. is
B. are C. has
been D. have been ?6 A survey of the
opinions of experts ___ that three hours of
outdoor exercise a week ____ good for ones
health. (2007 ??) A. show are B.
shows is C. show is D. shows are
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• 1. ?and????????????????,??????
• e.g. Both you and I are going to attend the
  meeting.

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• 2. ?and?????????????,?
• ?and?????????,??????
• e.g. The singer and composer is coming to our
  school.
• Bread and butter is often served for breakfast.
• ????and??????????the
• needle and thread, , the folk and
• knife, iron and steel,a watch
• and chain, the bread and butter, truth and
• honesty?

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• 3. ?many a?more than one?????????????????,????????
  ??
• e.g. Many a boy is fond of playing football.
• More than one student enjoys folk-music.
• ???each,every,no???????????????????,?????????????
  ??????????????????,??,????????,?????????
• e.g. The boy and the girl were each given an
  apple.

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4. ??????????????

• ???????????????,??
• ?????
• ????with, along with, together with,
• as well as, like, no less than, rather than,
• more than, as much as, but, except, besides,
• including??
• e.g. Bamboo, like a tree, grows tall and
  straight.
• The house, including the garden and the
  garage, was sold out.

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5. ????

• ???or,eitheror,nor,neithernor,not onlybut
  (also)...????????????,????????????
• e.g. Among the boys, one or two are able to jump
  1.6 metres.
• There is a bed, a table and two chairs in her
  room.

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6. ??????????????of????,??????of??????????

• 70 percent of the surface is covered with
• water.
• 70 percent of the farmers have improved
• their living conditions.
• The rest of his journey was pleasant.
• The rest of the girls are fond of music.
• All of your work is well done.
• All of your answers are correct.

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7. ?????????

• ??????,?????????,?
• ?????
• ?????????group, class, team,
• family, nation, army, audience, crowd,
• public, government
• e.g. My family is a happy family. My
• family all love music. / The audience was in
• good order. (?????). The audience
• were greatly encouraged. ( ?????)
• ????????people?cattle???
• ?????????????

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8. the adj.(?????)????????

• ?????????????,?????????,????????????(???????),?
  ???????
• e.g. The old are being taken good care of.
• There is an old man and a young man in the
  room now. The old is the father of the young.
• The unexpected was not prevented in those
  days.

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9. ?????????????????one and a half???????????,????
?????

• e.g.
• Twenty dollars isnt enough to buy the book.
  
• Ten miles isnt long.
• Five times five is twenty-five.
• One and a half apples is lying on the plate.

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10. ???,???????????,???????? e.g Reading aloud is
very important in learning a foreign language.
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• 1. one of ????(?)??,?
• One of the students is from the south.
• 2. one of????????(???????),? He is one of the
  boys who are ready to help others.
• 3. the (only) one of??(??)????,??????????,??????
  ???,?He is the only one of the students who
  comes early.
• 4. a number of?the number of
• e.g. The number of the students in the school is
  1,250. / A number of students are waiting outside
  the gate.

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• Please make the best choice!

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• 1. Do you know _____________.
• A. what is the police looking for
• B. what are the police looking for
• C. what the police are looking for
• D. what the police is looking for
• 2. _____ he ______ I finished the experiment?
• A. Have neither/nor B. Has neither/nor
• C. Have neither/or D. Have either /or

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3. The old ____ well looked after by the
government in China. A. is
B. are C. has been D. was 4.
The secretary and manager _____ very busy now.
A. is B. are C. has
been D. were
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• 5. Both the secretary and the manager ________
  agreed to attend the meeting.
• A. has B. have C. are D. is
• 6. During the holidays every train and ship
  ______ crowded.
• A. are B. were C. was D. has
• 7. Tom as well as two of his classmates _____
  invited to the party.
• A. was B. were C. have been D.had been
• 8. Most of his spare time _____spent in reading.
• A. are B. were C. was D. have been

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• 9. Ten thousand dollars ______ quite a large sum.
• A. are B. is C. has D. have
• 10. About 20 percent of the work ______ done
  yesterday.
• A. are B. is C. were D. was
• 11. The United States _____ founded in 1776.
• A. was B. is C. were D. are

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• 12. This pair of shoes _____ made in our factory.
• A. is B. are C. have been D. had been
• 13. No one except my parents _____ anything about
  it.
• A. know B. knows
• C. is knowing D. have known
• 14. A number of students ______ from the south.
• A. are B. is C. have D. has
• 15. The number of students from the south _____
  small.
• A. are B. is C. have D. has

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• 16. John is the only one of the students in our
  class who ____ to school on foot.
• A. go B. goes C. have gone D. are going
• 17. It is not I who ______ wrong.
• A. is B. are C. am D. has
  been
• 18. He said that his family ____ all very well.
• A. are B. were C. is D. was
• 19. One and a half apples _______ on the table.
• A. is leaving B. is left C. are left D.
  left
• 20. Where ____ that five pounds I lent you?
• A. is B. have C. was D. were

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• 21. " I " _____ the ninth letter of the English
  alphabet.
• A. are B. be C. is D. am
• 22. Six times seven ______ forty-two.
• A. are B. is C. have D. was
• 23. The United States _____ made up of
• 50 states, one of which ______ Kentucky.
• A. is/are B. is/is C. are/is D. are/are
• 24. The population of the city ______
• increasing fast.
• A. were B. be C. is D. are

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25. One third of the population here _______
workers. A. is B. have C. be
D. are26. Now the police ____ searching
the town for the lost child. A. was B.
were C. is D. are27. Two of them
will go first, the rest ______ to stay. A.
is B. are C. used D.
have28. He was the only one of the students who
______ praised at the meeting. A. was
B. were C. is D. are
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• 29. The scientist and professor ____ left for
  Russia. A. have B. has C. is D.
  are
• 30. Many a boy ______ made such a funny
  experiment.
• A. have B. are C. has D. is
• 31. Every means _______ been tried since then.
• A. has B. were C. was D. has been

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