NAMA : MOCH.

YANA REYNALDI
NIT : 30618039
COURSE : D3 TPU IV ECHO
ABSEN : 15

Subject-Verb Agreement
1. Septina and I ________ baking sponge cakes at this time yesterday.

a. were c. are
b. was d. is
2. Whether to buy or rent a house ________ an important financial question.

a. is c. does
b. are d. do
3. ________ Tika or her co-workers sleep at work?

a. Does c. Is
b. Do d. Was
4. Physics ________ been my favorite subject since I was 15 years old.

a. have b. has
c. are d. were
5. Mumps usually ________ through saliva.

a. spread c. spreading
b. spreads d. is spread
6. Eighty percentage of his furniture ________ old.

a. is b. are
c. have d. were
7. One of her cats ________ like tuna.

a. doesn’t c. isn’t
b. don’t d. did
8. The central office manager along with his two assistant ________ left the room.

a. have c. are
b. has d. is
9. A pack of wild dogs ________ frightened all the ducks away.

a. is c. have
b. are d. has
10. Climbing mountains ________ becoming more popular nowadays.

a. is c. was
b. are d. were
II. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the
subject.
11. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
12. Either my brothers or my friend (is, are) coming to the meeting.
13. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
14. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
15. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
16. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
17. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
18. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
19. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
20. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
21. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject.
22. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
23. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
24. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
25. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
26. The Prime Minister together with his wife (has greeted, have greeted) the press cordially.
27. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

III. Model Test on TOEFL

1. Potatoes and onions _________ from sprouting by a new technology using radiation.
a. are preventing c. are prevented
b. prevention is d. Prevented
2. tea plant are small and white.

a. The c. Having flowers the

b. On the d. The flowers of the

3. Henry Adams, born in Boston, ______ famous as a historian and novelist.

a. became c. he was
b. and became d. and he became

4. Before the great Fire of London in 1666, _______________. .

a. were most of the dwellings squalid and unhealty
b. most squalid and unhealthy were the dwellings
 c. most of the dwellings were squalid and unhealthy
d. squalid and unhealthy dwellings

5. __________ mainly for the invention of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell devoted his life to
helping the deaf.
a. He is remembered c. While remembering
b. To remember d. Though remembered
6. American actrees and director Margaret Webster ________ for the production of Shakespearean plays.

a. who became famous c. become famous

d. became famous d. becoming famous
7. Medical researchers are constantly looking for ways to control, _______ , and cure diseases.

a. prevention c. prevent
b. preventing d. to prevent
8. on barren slopes can help prevent erosion.

a. Planting trees c. In order to plant trees

b. For trees to be planted d. Trees are planted