REVIEW EXERCISE (SKILLS 20-23)

EXERCISE (Skills 20-23): Underline the subjects once and the verbs twice in each of the following sentences. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

_______	1	The contracts signed by the company has been voided because some stipulations were not met.
_______	2	Ten miles beyond the river was the farmlands that they had purchased with their life savings.
_______	3	Each package that is not properly wrapped have to be returned to the sender.
_______	4	She would not have to enter the house through the bedroom window were the keys where they were supposed to be.
_______	5	The proposal brought so much new work to the partnership that there was not enough hours to complete all of it.
_______	6	The box of disks for the computer have been misplaced.
_______	7	It is disconcerting to believe that every possible candidate has been rejected for one reason or another.
_______	8	Only once have there been more excitement in this city about a sporting event.
_______	9	Bobby has a bigger bicycle than does the other children in the neighbourhood.
_______	10	If nobody have bought that car from the dealer, then you should return and make another offer.

 

ANSWER KEY

1	I	(has should be have)
2	I	(was should be were)
3	I	(have should be has)
4	C
5	I	(was should be were)
6	I	(have should be has)
7	C
8	I	(have should be has)
9	I	(does should be do)
10	I	(have should be has)