Fill in the blanks.
1. ‘I haven’t got a ticket.’ ‘………………………….. have I.’
Correct!
Wrong!
2. You are …………………………… generous.
Correct!
Wrong!
We do not use so much to modify adjectives and adverbs.
3. Start at once, so that you …………………………… there by noon.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I want to stay for …………………………. two weeks.
Correct!
Wrong!
We can use another with plural expressions of quantity.
5. I visit my parents every …………………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
Every can be used before plural expressions in measurements of frequency.
6. My ……………………………… sent to Paris by mistake.
Correct!
Wrong!
Baggage does not have a plural form.
7. Alice and James ……………………………. going to be late.
Correct!
Wrong!
When two singular subjects are connected by and, the verb is singular.
8. The Prime Minister as well as his ministers ………………………….. tough financial measures.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we connect two nouns with as well as, the verb agrees with the former.
9. Ten people lost ………………………………… in the accident.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. A number of people …………………………… to buy cars.
Correct!
Wrong!
Plural verbs are common after a number of.
11. Two thousand dollars ………………………… a large sum.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. The team ……………………………. going to lose.
Correct!
Wrong!
In British English, collective nouns can be used with either singular or plural verbs; in American English, singular verbs are preferred.
Answers
- ‘I haven’t got a ticket.’ ‘Neither have I.’
- You are so generous.
- Start at once, so that you reach / will reach there by noon.
- I want to stay for another two weeks.
- I visit my parents every two months.
- My baggage was sent to Paris by mistake.
- Alice and James are going to be late.
- The Prime Minister as well his ministers wants tough financial measures.
- Ten people lost their lives in the accident.
- A number of people want to buy cars.
- Two thousand dollars is a large sum.
- The team is / are going to lose.
