Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject.
1Every person ............... this.
Wrong!
After "every person", use the singular verb "knows".
2One of my students ............... an aspiring writer.
Wrong!
After "one of my students", use the singular verb "is".
3Some of my students ............... very ambitious.
Wrong!
With the plural noun phrase "some of my students", use "are".
4Not one of these apples ............... good.
Wrong!
After "not one of these apples", use the singular verb "is".
5Neither of them ............... here.
Wrong!
After "neither of them", use the singular verb "works".
6Both of them ............... arrived.
Wrong!
After "both of them", use the plural auxiliary "have".
7Not one of them ............... gone.
Wrong!
After "not one of them", use the singular auxiliary "has".
8Each of the boys ............... given a task.
Wrong!
After "each of the boys", use the singular verb "was".
9All of my students ............... brilliant.
Wrong!
With the plural noun phrase "all of my students", use "are".
10The news ............... too good to be true.
Wrong!
The noun "news" is singular, so use "is".
11Each of these three roads ............... to the station.
Wrong!
After "each of these three roads", use the singular verb "leads".
12Every one of the men ............... present.
Wrong!
The phrase "every one of the men" takes the singular verb "was".
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- Every person knows this.
- One of my students is an aspiring writer.
- Some of my students are very ambitious.
- Not one of these apples is good.
- Neither of them works here.
- Both of them have arrived.
- Not one of them has gone.
- Each of the boys was given a task.
- All of my students are brilliant.
- The news is too good to be true.
- Each of these three roads leads to the station.
- Every one of the men was present.