Practice: choose the correct verb form 1.

The world (change, changes) so rapidly that we can hardly keep up. 2. People (is, are) often ten or twenty years behind the times in their knowledge of the world. 3. People who (live, lives) in poverty often do not even have television or newspapers. 4. He (doesnt, dont) want to be killed. 5. Life (is, are) very complicated 6. Traditionally, college students (has, have) been very active in politics. 7. There (is, are) both men and women at the meeting. 8. The students in my class (has, have) very poor work habits. 9. Each of you (has, have) an equal chance to make good grades. 10. All of the children (is, are) hunting Easter eggs in the garden. 11. A notebook and a pen (is, are) lying on the desk in the library. 12. My son, along with two friends, (is, are) coming for the weekend. 13. Everybody (hate, hates) to take tests. 14. Knowledge gained after long study (disappear, disappears) rapidly from our minds. 15. The news about Afghanistan (is, are) shocking, isnt it? 16. A number of workers in that company (feel, feels) they do not get paid enough. 17. The number of people taking the chemistry exam (is, are) increasing. 18. (Is, Are) fifty years a long time?

Practice: insert the correct verb form (Present Simple or Continuous) 1. The piano as well as the pipe organ ____________ (to have) to be tuned for the big concert. 2. The politician together with his two colleagues ____________ (to be tried) for accepting bribes. 3. There ____________ (to be) a list of committee members on the head-table. 4. Everybody in the class ____________ (to do) their homework every day. 5. The jury ____________ (to take) their seats in the courtroom. 6. Neither the teacher nor the students ____________ (to seem) to understand this assignment. 7. Hartford is one of those cities that ____________ (to work, now) hard to reclaim a riverfront. 8. At the moment, a few of the students ____________ (to do) so well they can probably skip the next course. 9. One of my instructors ____________ (to write) a letter of recommendation for me. 10. Dr. Ferndon is one of those professors who ___________ (to seem) distracted most of the time. 11. Neither Luis nor his parents ___________ (to be) the least bit interested in keeping in touch with her. 12. Everybody on this team ___________ (to try) really hard to please the new coach. 13. Because there ___________ (to be) so many students in that class, I can sometimes sleep in the back row. 14. There ___________ (to be) no reasons for this horrible development that I can see. 15. Carlos and his brother Raoul ___________ (to travel) across the country next summer. 16. There ____________ (to be) several reasons why you should reconsider your decision. 17. The chairman, along with his two assistants, ____________ (to plan) to attend the annual convention. 18. The issues of inflation and tax reform ____________ (to continue) to be on everyone's mind. 19. When there ____________ (to be) thunderstorms approaching, we are always reminded of the threat of tornadoes.

Check: 5 of these sentences contain mistakes. Find them and correct them. 1. We cannot start the lesson, because not everybody are here. 2. All the people on the planet has the right to live in a safe environment. 3. Some of the milk has gone bad. 4. Each of the champions are going to get a sum of money from the government. 5. The teacher, along with his two colleagues, is going to a conference next month. 6. Economics are not a suitable area of study for everyone. 7. Is there any unsafe places I should avoid in the neighbourhood?