Exercises SUBJECT & VERBS AGREEMENT

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1. The director often………………………………(return) home late.
2. I don’t understand the word “fiddlesticks”. What…………“fiddlesticks” (mean)?
3. The sun……………… (rise) in the east and………………….….(set) in the west.
4. ………………………….…you (notice) any change un her?
5. He……………………(teach) mathematics in the eleventh and twelfth grades.
6. She……………………… (fly) to Paris once a year.
7. When you………….…(see) Tom to need help, remember to give my regards.
8. The swimming pool………… ……(open) at 6:00 AM and…… …………(close) at 10: 00
PM everyday.
9. It………………………………….….(not rain) in the sky season.
10. If you………………… …….(go) to the party, you will meet Ann.
11. Good Bye! I………………… ……………(leave) now.
12. It’s really cold today. The ice in my drink………………… (not melt).
13. This dictionary…………… ……….(belong) to me.
14. Look at that crowd. I……… …… (wonder) what they………….……(wait) for.
15. You………… (like) this toy car. I give it to my daughter for her birthday next week.
16. Ice……………………….… (melt) to become water.
17. “Listen! Somebody…………………………(knock) at the door”.
18. If all……………………………(go) well, I’ll finish it in the fortnight.
19. It………………………… (feel) warm in here at the moment.
20. The doctor……………………(feel) a patient’s pulse.
21. What you………………….…(say) when you…………………(see) him last week?
22. Why you…………………… (not tell) me about her family before?
23. It would be better if you……………….… (go) there yourself.

She…………………… …(study) for fifteen minutes.
42. The taxi…………………….… (come); so we must go.
43. I live in this flat. I…………….(come) here in 1999. I……….… (live) since 1999.
44. You…………………(see) any good films lately? – Yes, I…….……(go) to Hoa Binh theatre
last week and…………….…… (see) a Japanese film.
45. We……………….(telephone) your office everyday this week.
46. I…………(ever visit) Australia, but I……….(see) a program on TV about it two weeks ago.
47. World war II……………… ……….(end) in 1945.
48. They…………….…(work) at the bookstore, they……….………(take) some classes, and
they…………………….….(live) in the same dormitory.
49. Where……………….……….(you be) all this morning? It’s nearly midday now.
50. Where……….…….(you be) this morning? I rang you up several times before midday.
51. She………………………(play) tennis since she was eight.
52. I am exhausted. I…………………….…………(work) for a long time.
53. I……………………………… (still not, find) the key I lost yesterday.
54. My family………………………(live) here for the last two months, and
just………………………….……(decide) to move.
55. You……………………….…(meet) her lately.
56. She………………(write) a novel for the last two years but she ………… .(not finish) it yet.
57. I……………………… …(wait) for the prices of the house to come down before buying a
house, but I think I………………… (wait) too long and the prices are beginning to go up
again.
58. We………………… ….(mend) sheets all the morning but we only………………… (do)
three, and now the sewing machine………………….(break) down so we’ll be even slower
with the next one.
59. Why you……………………(make) such a terrible noise? - I…………….… (lose) my key
and i……………(try) to make my wife by throwing stones at her window.
60. It………………….(rain) for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the
match…………………………….(be) postponed.
61. When I……………… (reach) the station, the train……… ……(already, leave).

84. By the time you come, he………….……… (be) in prison for exactly a year.
85. I…………………… … (finish) this novel by tomorrow evening.
86. By this time next year I……………………….… ……(save) 2,000 USD.
87. By midnight he……………….……… (be) conscious for 48 hours.
88. How long you…………… (wait) for me? I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes.
89. By the end of the year he……………………(work) in the office for ten years.
90. I………………… …(study) for an hour when you came.
91. The kettle………………………………(boil) for ten minutes.
92. It………………………….(rain) for three days now. There’ll be a flood soon.
93. “Can you call back later? My father………… (have) a bath at the moment”.
94. What time your mother……… …….(finish) work every day?
95. He…………………… (buy) that car five years ago but it still looks very new.
96. That’s a good novel but I…………………… (not read) it before.
97. Even though they………….(look) for a flat for a month now, they……………(not be) able to
find one anywhere.
98. I’m sorry. I…………… (forget) already her name which you………(give) me some days
before.
99. They see that they………………………… (make) a mistake.
100. I……………………………….(work) so hard that I was always tired.
101. John……………(do) the test again at the moment because he………….(not pass) it the first
time.
102. He…………… ….(traffic) in drug across the border when the
police………………… …(catch) him last Friday.
103. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock……….… (strike) six,
I…………………………… (wait) here for three hours.
104. When we………….…… (see) them last night, they………………….(sing);
they……………… … (say) they………………………… (sing) since 6 o’clock.
105. I hope it…………… …(not rain) when the bride………………….….(leave) the church
tomorrow.
106. When they……….……… (get) to the theatre, the play………… (begin).

131. My friend………….……….….(thank) me for what I had done for him.
132. Someone……………………… (steal) my handbag on the bus.
133. The Browns…………………(live) in Paris for seven years when the second world
war………………………………(break) out.
134. Last month I…………………………(be) in the hospital for ten days.
135. Don’t call me in the afternoon. I usually………(be) away in the afternoon.
136. Mr. Clark……….….(be) in New York 2 months ago. Mr. Rossi………… (be) in New York
until 2 months ago.
137. John…………………….(drive) that car ever since I……………….… (know) him.
138. People……………………… (speak) English in most of Canada.
139. The dog…………………….(wag) his tail whenever he……………………(see) me.
140. What you………………….(do) when I……………………………(ring) you last night?
141. Up to then I never…………………….(see) such a fat man.
142. I……………………….(not see) him on last Monday.
143. They had sold all the books when we………………… …(get) there.
144. I think he……………………(leave) as soon as he………………(know) the news.
145. He………… (play) the piano when their guests……… … (arrive) last night.
146. He……………………….(come) and……………………….(see) you soon.
147. I…………….(come) as soon as I have finished my work. You………………….(be) ready?
148. My mother………………….(come) to stay with us next weekend.
149. Where you………………….(spend) your holidays next summer?
150. Violets……………………… (bloom) in Spring.
151. We…………………… (not live) in England for two years now.
152. We…………………(never forget) what you…………………… (just tell) me.
153. They……………………(prepare) the Christmas dinner at the moment.
154. When I………………… (last stay) in Cairo, I……………….(ride) to the Pyramids on the
camel that my friend…………………….(borrow) the day before.
155. Our teacher……………………(tell) us yesterday that he… ………(visit) England in 2000.
156. George………………………………….(work) at the university so far.
157. When he………….…(live) in Manchester, he…………………….(work) in the bank.

182. Be quite! The teacher……………………………… (be) angry.
183. Why didn’t you listen while I…………………………… (speak) to you?
184. Some animals………… ………………(not eat) during winter.
185. John…………………………… (watch) TV at 8 last evening.
186. Mr. Pike…………………… …… (live) here since last October.
187. Someone……………………………….(cut) down all the trees in the garden.
188. The house………………………………(build) two years ago.
189. Listen! The bird………………………………(sing).
190. Trees…………………… (plant) since it………………………….(stop) raining.
191. He often…………………(say) O. K when he…… ……….(talk) with the guests.
192. What you…………… …(do) after you………………… (go) home yesterday?
193. How long you…………………….(wait) for me? Just a few minutes.
194. He…………………………(do) his homework before he went to the cinema.
195. By noon, I……………………………(wait) for her for two hours.
196. Yesterday thieves…………….…(break) into the house and…………………(steal) a lot of
furniture while the guests…………………………………(dance).
197. When I came in, they all…………………………… (sit) round the fire. Mr.
Pike……………….(do) a crossword puzzle, Mrs. Pike………………………(knit), and the
others…………………….(read).
198. She………………………………(ask) me to tell about him several times.
199. At 4 p. m yesterday? Well, I………………… (work) in my office at that time.
200. A: I…………… …… (play) football since I was 5 years old.
B: you………………… …….(play) since you…………………………(come) to England?
A: Oh, yes. I…………….(play) quite a lot. I………………… (join) a club the day after
I……………………………(arrive).
201. I’m preparing to support anything he…………… ……… (say) tomorrow.
202. Sometimes I………………………….(get) up before the sun…………………………(rise).
203. He said he……………………………… (be) mistaken.
204. Don’t speak until someone…………………………….(ask) you.
205. Mary…………………… …(come) from London.

233. They believed that the police…………………………… (capture) the thief soon.
234. Did John say he……………………………… (call) you again?
235. She has thought that the work……………………………(be) easy.
236. I wonder what changes the new president………………………….(introduce).
237. The students have thought that the English test……………………… (be) rather difficult.
238. Mrs. Smith complains that her neighbor………………(make) too much noise.
239. Tom promised that he……………….………… (not do) it again.
240. My father said he…………………………(be) here by soon.
241. Miss. White swears that she……………………(never see) that man before.
242. She has told me her name……………………………(be) Mary.
243. My brother Jeff………………… (go) to the psychic last month.
244. He………… (be) absolutely amazed at what the psychic……….…….(tell) him.
245. Then psychic……………………………(begin) by telling Jeff about his life.
246. She……………… (know) that Jeff……………………(have) two children
and…………………………(build) houses for a living.
247. Then the psychic……………….(make) some predictions about Jeff’s future.
248. She said, “You…………………(have) your wife to seek happiness with another woman. Your
business……………….(do) well this year except that you
yourself………………………….(hurt) badly at work”.
249. But the psychic……………………….(get) it wrong about Jeff’s business.
250. After seeing the psychic, he was too scared to go to work, so now his
business………………………… (fall) apart.
251. If I…………………………(not be bring up) in the city, I would want to live there now.
252. We………………………(not be worry) about this right now if we hadn’t spent so much.
253. A: You ever………………………(go) to Yellowstone Park before?
B: Yes, I…………………………(go) there three years ago.
254. Jill…………………….(be) to Disneyland five times before. Last year,
she…………………….(take) her parents there when they……………….(come) to visit her.
255. A: Can you give me a ride downtown?
B: Sorry, I can’t. I…………………………(just have) an accident and I’m a nervous wreck.

B: It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? They grow up so fast. Before we know it
we…………………….……….(retire)!

270. I………………(write) to let you know that I’ve arrived and that everything’s fine. At the
moment I……………….(stay) at a hotel in Athens and I……………… (do) a lot of
sightseeing. Next week, I…………….(move) to the island of Crete, which is where most
people in my company……………(live). I……………(rent) a villa there for summer. The
weather’s not nice. It……………….(rain) at the moment. Still, it………………(get) better
slowly, and I’m be sure it’ll be fine when you……………… (come) in the summer.
I………………… (look) forward to it. The job……………(not seem) to be too demanding.
Most of the time I……………….(deal) with bookings and ……… (answer) inquiries. But
I…………….… (suppose) it’s different when the tourist reason………… ………(start) next
month. Even now the restaurants………………… (begin) to get busier.
271. I thought you would like to know some of me news. I………………(arrive) in New York two
weeks ago and I……… ….(stay) with a family called the Browns. Mrs.
Brown……………… (work) in the bank, but at the moment Mr.
Brown………………… (not have) a job. He………… (do) a course in business management
which starts next month. I…………… …….(have) a good time here, but the work is boring. I
would like to find another job. I………………… (travel) on the underground the other day
when I met Tom. Do you remember him? When we last………………… (see) him,
he…… ……(work) for his father’s job. Now he…………….(learn) English at a school here.
We………… (see) an art exhibition together tonight, I’m really looking forward to it. I like
New York very much, but I……………….(think) it’s very expensive. Could you do me a
favor? I need some more money. Of course I will pay you back when I see you.
272. I’m sorry I…………… (not write) to you for so long, but I………….(be) very busy lately. All
last month I…………(have) exams, and I……… (not do) anything else but study foe ages.
Anyway, I………….(stop) studying now, and I……… (wait) for exam results. As you can see
from the letter, I………….(change) my address and (live) in Croydon now. I……….(decide)
that I wanted a change from central London because it………….(become) so expensive. A
friend of mine……….(tell) me about this flat, and I………………(move) here about two

277. I think I’ll have to go to the doctor as I…………….(feel) ill for some days.
278. Mary………… ….(tell) me that she…… …….(have) a hard time persuading my son to share
his toys.
279. Tom soon………………….(realize) he couldn’t live as cheaply in England as he had hoped.
280. For the first time in years Peter……………(remember) his wife’s birthday.
281. Peter claimed he……………………(respect) my feelings on the matter but he
just…………………………(can not) agree with me.
282. I don’t believe it! It’s three in the morning and that party still……………………………(not
finish).
283. I hope Mike……………………(write) his report by the end of this week because I want to
check it.
284. Since the end of the conflict, many refugees……………………… (force) to stay in the camps
for long periods.