UNIT 28 Subject-Verb Agreement TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 28

Subject-Verb Agreement

 

EXERCISE A Circle the correct verb in brackets.   1 George and Larry ( is  / are ) good friends. 2 Most people ( like / likes ) swimming. 3 I think Mathematics ( is / are ) difficult. 4 What ( was / were ) you doing last night? 5 My family and I often ( go / goes ) to the beach on Sundays. 6 ( Does / Do ) Mrs Gill and Mr Carter work at the same school? 7 Not everybody ( are / is ) good at art. 8 There are some days when nothing ( go / goes ) right! 9 Everything ( look / looks ) very nice. Thank you! 10 Sh! Someone ( is / are ) coming! 11 Everybody ( know / knows ) the sun rises in the east! 12 Nobody ( live / lives ) in that house now. It's empty.   EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs from the box. You may use some verbs more than once. be live have speak know   Singapore Most people (1) ____ that Singapore is an island, but not everyone (2) ____ that the name means 'Lion City'. It (3) ___ a small population of about 4.5 million people. The population is a mix of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian people. These different people (4) ____ happily together in Southeast Asia's smallest country. There (5) ____ four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Nearly everybody (6) ____ two languages, and many Singaporeans (7) ____ more than two languages. Singapore (8) ____ a very modern state because of its highly educated population. As you can see, good relations between Singapore's different people and a good education system (9) ____ very important. But something else (10) ____ respected in Singapore: the family. The family (11) ____ a very important role in Singaporean society. So Singapore (12) ____ a country that holds on to the best of its traditions and, at the same time, builds a modern technological society.   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs from the box. You may use some of the verbs more than once. be go like look wear   Travelling In my country, nearly everybody (1) ____ to go away for a holiday. Most people (2) ____ to the beach or the countryside. But my family and I (3) ____ to travel to more unusual places in different countries because it is exciting. In a new country, a lot of things (4) ____ different. For example, many plants (5) ____ different and many animals (6) ____ strange. Not everybody in other countries (7) ____ the same clothes as we do! For example, in Egypt many men (8) ____ a long robe instead of trousers and a shirt, and most women (9) ____ a head scarf. In some countries in Africa the women (10) ____ brightly-coloured turbans on their heads. Sometimes I think that nothing (11) ___ the same as at home, but then I realize that really everybody (12) ____ the same whatever country you are in.

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