ENGLISH IV

Subject – Verb Agreement

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I. Direction: Please underline the correct answer. NO ERASURES.

1. I (come, came) to school on time every day.2. Yesterday you (come, came) late.3. I (go, went, gone) home after class hours.4. Air (occupy, occupies, occupied) space.5. Manila (is, was, has) at the mouth of the Manila Bay.6. Each student in this school (do, does, did) not pay for his tuition.7. Many students (perform, performs, performed) well in surprise quiz.8. Miguel and Margarita (spend, spends) their free time on gym.9. Chona and Fernan (set, sets) aside a small percentage of their income.10. Either Alice or her badminton buddies (is, are) bringing the desserts.11. Neither the students nor the teachers (recognize, recognizes) the strange markings.12. The jury (decide, decides) that you are guilty of the crime.13. The jury (have, has, had) been arguing for five days regarding the case.14. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (take, takes) quite some time to read.15. Philippines (strengthen, strengthens) its diplomatic ties with ASEAN nations.16. Measles (is, are) a contagious disease that spreads among school children.17. Scissors (is, are) on the table.18. My favourite topic (is, are) short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.19. Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (is, are) my favourite topic.20. Julius is one of those people who (love, loves) to eat chocolate.21. Precious is the only one of those people who (eat, eats) the cake.22. Every student (read, reads) the Noli Me Tangere.23. Many a children (play, plays) Barbie doll.24. The price of these sneakers (is, are) reasonable.25. Bread and butter (is, are) our daily food.26. The famous singer and composer (has, have, will) arrived.27. Collecting stamps (are, were, has, is) one of his favourite pastimes.28. Neither his family nor his sisters (play, plays) mah-jong.29. Some of my friends (are, was, will, is) here.30. The pair of scissors (was left, were left, was leaving, is leaving) on the table.31. Mathematics (remain, remains) the most difficult subject in the exam.32. Ecology (studies, study) how living things relate to the world around them.33. Living things (need, needs) water, air, light and warmth.34. Both the earth’s surface and the atmosphere (support, supports) life.35. Warmth (come, comes) from the sun.36. The sun (supplies, supply) all energy.37. Plans (capture, captures) the sun’s energy and change it.38. Neither fuel nor foods (is, are) formed unless plants change energy in this way.39. Both humans and animals (depends, depend) upon plants to maintain life.40. Physics (deal, deals) with energy.41. Both chemistry and physics (is, are) important to ecologists.42. Stalks of the sunflower plant (grow, grows) thick and strong.43. The leaves on the plant (appears, appears) coarse and hairy.44. The flowers at the top (turns, turn) to face the sun.45. An outer circle of large petals (is, are) bright yellow.46. The seeds in the centre (attracts, attract) many birds).47. On the platforms (stand, stands) your friends.48. (Has, Have) the train been waiting long?49. Out of the crowd (rushes, rush) a passenger who is late.50. Onto the train (climbs, climb) the passenger with two heavy suitcase.51. In which car does he (belong, belongs)?52. There (is, are) a girl with newspaper.

53. Here (comes, come) men selling snacks.54. (Is, Are) there a dinner on this train?55. Some of my friends (give, gives) shows.56. Each of us (make, makes) puppets.57. Several of us (knows, know) how to sew.58. Someone (let, lets) us use the machine.59. All of the puppets (is, are) different.60. Some of us (uses, use) felt for heads.61. Either of these (stands, stand) up well.62. Everybody (enjoys, enjoy) excitement.63. Neither (use, uses) the red pen.64. Some of the action (gets, get) rough.65. Marie Curie and her Husband (was, were) pioneers in the study of the radioactivity.66. Radioactive elements (give, gives) off rays.67. Radium and Uranium (is, are) radioactive.68. Rocks and woods (has, have) radioactivity.69. Neither beast nor man (is, are) free of it.70. A small amount (does, do) a little harm.71. Large amount (destroy, destroys) human tissue.72. Both medicine and science (use, uses) it.73. Some patients (need, needs) medicine.74. The choice of all voters (was, were) pizza.75. Pizzas with onions and sausage (do, does) not keep well.76. The small group of tasters (prefer, prefers) cheese.77. The results of the test (is, are) very low.78. No one I know would (do, does) this.79. Many people (hide, hides) their skates.80. Many (keeps, keep) them locked.81. Only 85% of the total number of applicants (are, was, is, were) able to pass the entrance exam last year.82. Neither Emily Bronte nor her sisters (use, uses) their real names in their writing.83. A number of whale species (is, are, were, was) now extinct because of illegal hunting.84. In Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanac” it was said that: “early to bed, (early rising, rising early, early

to rise, walking up early) makes a man healthy.85. It surely takes a lifetime for Edgar Allan Poe to forget his lost love, but he (has been trying, has tried, had tried,

had been trying) hard to move on amidst tremendous loneliness and despair.86. Emily Bronte (has written, had been writing, had written, has been writing) her last novel when she died.87. The number of children (is, are) playing on the playground.88. I am (angry at, angry with) the cat because it ate the fish.89. Please don’t be (angry at, angry with) me. I did not mean to do it.90. I’m (angry at, angry with) my small brother because he is too talkative.91. She’s (afraid of, afraid to) my dog.92. I’m (afraid of, afraid to) go out alone at night.

93. (May, Can) I play with you?

94. (May, Can) you jump this high?

95. (May, Can) I go to the river with you, Father?

96. Where did you (loose, lose) the money?

97. Armando’s pants are (lose, loose).

98. Oh, I lost my ring. Please help me (find, look for) it.

99. Yes, I will. If I (find, look for) it, I shall give it to you.

100. The No. 8 (is, are) his number in the contest.

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