grammar exercises 2

Agreement

I. Choose the suitable verb in the brackets:

1. The crew (consists of, consist of) thirty sailors.

2. The poultry (has done, have done) much mischief among the vegetables on our farm.

3. The number of workers present at the meeting (was, were) considerable.

4. The variety of verbs in English (makes, make) me puzzled.

5. The majority of students (agree, agrees) with us.

6. Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare (is, are) widely read by students of English.

7. To propagate and realize legalism (is, are) our task today.

8. Nobody but John and Tom (was, were) there.

9. None of the books (is, are) written in Chinese.

10. Many a student (have, has) tried it before.

11. More than one man (has, have) told me so.

12. One third of the population here (are, is) peasants.

13. Either the children or their father (is, are) to blame.

14. I visited what (was, were) at the time the principal sights of the town.

15. This jury (returns, return) a verdict of guilty.

16. Who says that the aristocracy (is, are) proud?

17. Cavalry (is, are) superior to infantry for making wide turning movements.

18. The Democracy (is, are) going to vote on the Act.

19. "The Pleasures of Memory" (was, were) published in 1792.

20. There (comes, come) an old man and his three sons.

21. This is one of the few good books that (has, have) been written.

22. None (knows, know) the weight of another’s burden.

23. A needle and thread (was, were) given her but she could not sew the button on.

24. A needle and thread (was, were) given her, but she could not thread the needle.

25. When the duke died, his son and namesake and successor (was, were) an infant.

26. The peace and good order of society (was, were) not promoted by the feudal system.

27. The wheel and axle (was, were) out of order.

28. Upon this there (was. were) a fearful cry from heaven and great claps of thunder.

29.The material and mental world (have, has) their points of union.

30.The opulence of the monks as well as the number of them (was, were) enormous.

31. The public (is, are) requested to protect their own property.

32. A large proportion of the names on our maps (are, is) of great antiquity.

33. The multitude (is, are) the only proper judge of those arts whose end is to move the

multitude.

34. Each student and each teacher (is, are) working very hard.

35. This is the only one of the best books on the subject that (has, have) ever been written in Chinese.

36. The gallows (was, were) used to hang criminals.

37. Seventy dollars (is, are) the price of this coat.

38. The good (is, are) said to die young.

39. Nothing but dismal scenes (lie, lies) before our path.

40. You, who (is, are) well, cannot understand my illness.

41. Those of us who are over fifty years old should get (their, our) blood pressure checked

regularly.

42. Everyone should put (their, his) examination paper on my desk before leaving.

43. The Chinese people (love, loves) (our, their) country.

44. Every man and woman eighteen years of age or older (is, are) eligible to vote for the

candidate of (his, their) choice.