Teacher Quynh Nhu
Subject and verb agreement
Choose the correct word
1) Three weeks ____ not enough holiday.
A. are B. were C. was D. been
2) Each of you ____ a share in the work.
A. having B. has C. to have D. have
3) Ten pounds ____ too much to pay
A. is B. being C. are D. were
4) A number of students ____ volunteered to the job.
A. have B. has C. to have D. having
5) Linguistics ____ out the ways in which languages work.
A. find B. finding C. to find D. finds
6) The news ____ interesting.
A. are B. is C. be D. were
7) The Philippines ____ of more than 7,000 islands.
A. consist B. consisting C. consisted D. consists
8) Statistics ____ a branch of mathematics.
A. being B. were C. is D. are
9) Physics ____ to understand the mysteries of the physical world.
A. seeking B. seeks C. to seek D. seek
10) The United Nations ____ its head quarters in New York city.
A. have B. having C. has D. to have
11) Fifty minutes ____ the maximum length of time allotted for the exam.
A. are B. is C. were D. be
12) One of my neighbours ____ curious about other people’s private life.A.
being B. were C. is D. been
13) Seven months ____ a long time for me to wait.
A. being B. were C. are D. is
14) A lot of restaurants ____ open at night.
A. are B. is C. was D. be

28) His silence ____ he agrees with us.
A. means B. mean C. meaning D. to mean
29) Mr. Thomson with his wife and his three children ____ abroad.
A. to be B. have been C. are D. is
30) One of the girls who __ working in this department__ my niece.
A. is/being B. is/is C. is/are D. was/were
31) There ____ only a few people at the meeting last night.
A. been B. were C. are D. was
32) The English ____ to drink teA.
A. likes B. to like C. like D. has liked
33) Everybody ____ trying to do their best at present.
A. to be B. have been C. are D. is
34) Both of the girls ____ pretty, but neither of them is intelligent.
A. to be B. has been C. are D. is
35) Jim as well as I ____ always busy doing English homework.
A. am B. has been C. are D. is
36) The study of languages ____ very interesting.
A. is B. were C. are D. to be
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37) Neither Daisy nor I ____ glad to do that.
A. am B. has been C. are D. is
38) That you take a computer course ____ very necessary.
A. am B. have been C. are D. is
39) I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.
A. meet B. had met C. met D. have met
40) They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.
A. get B. got C. have got D. had got
41) ____ you ____ that film yet?
A. Do/see B. Have/seen C. Did/see D. Had/seen

A. have/write B. do/write C. have/written D. are/writing
55) ____ you sometimes ____ out with friends?
A. Are/going B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Did/go
56) I ____ a lot of badminton recently.
A. play B. have played C. am playing D. was playing
57) When I ____ home, everyone ____ TV.
A. got/watch B. got/watching C. get/was watch D. got/was watching
58) We ____ your mother for ages.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
59) London ____ a lot since we first ____ to live here.
A. changed/came C. has changed/ came
B. had changed/ came D. has changed/ come
60) How many times ____ you ____ this film? – The first time.
A. have/seen B. did/see C. do/see D. had/seen
61) Who’s that? I ____ never ____ him before in my life.
A. am/seeing B. had/seen C. have/seen D. was/seeing
62) They ____ just ____ a new fuel. It’s half the price of the petrol and
much cleaner.
79) He ____ in this school before he ____ for England.
A. taught/had left C. taught/has left
B. had taught/left D. has taught/left
80) She ____ the gold medal in 1986.
A. wins B. had won C. won D. has won
81) Yesterday David was crossing(A) a street when(B) a truck was turning(C) a
corner very fast and almost hit(D) him.
82) When Rita will get(A) her driver’s license next week(B), she will be
able(C) to drive to school every day(D).
83) So far(A) she spends(B) a lot of time there(C) chatting with(D) her friends.
84) Jack is living(A) in Spain now(B). His Spanish had improved(C) greatly
since he moved(D) there.