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III. Circle the correct subject verb agreement below.

(20 marks)
1. The noisy students (have, has) to leave after two warnings.
2. She is the only one of the students who (have, has) failed the test.
3. The crying baby (irritate, irritates) them.
4. The longest of the presentations (is, are) the next group.
5. The students and their teacher (is, are) traveling to the competition.
6. Either one of the choices (is, are) going to disrupt the schedule.
7. This is the stereo system that (have, has) been purchased most often in our store.
8. Nobody (dare, dares) to challenge the teacher when she is wrong.
9. The players or their coach (is, are) holding a press conference.
10. Neither of the students (has, have) been to Europe.
11. The problems (was, were) due to a misunderstanding.
12. Which (is, are) more interesting, the red jackets or the blue sweaters?
13. (Has, Have) the manager or the assistant manager approached you?
14. Joan, as well as my sister, (is, are) in college now.
15. Several of the students (has, have) left.
16. Both of the children (has, have) red notebooks.
17. One of the best known love stories (is, are) Romeo and Juliet.
18. Mathematics (is, are) very difficult for many students to master.
19. She is one of the girls who (have, has) long hair.
20. She or her sisters (is, are) going.
21. Playing football (is, are) my favorite activity.

IV. Write S for a complete sentence and F for a fragment. (10 marks)
F
1. ______Yesterday when I got off the school bus.
2. ______ My friend Sheila and I saw a brown toad hopping on the sidewalk.
3. ______ Yelled and screamed when she saw it.
4. ______ My friend Sheila, who is scared of all reptiles.
5. ______ I picked up the toad and looked closely at it.
6. ______ Had dry, bumpy skin on its body.
7. ______ Shelia said, “I don't want to see that ugly toad!”
8. ______ Said, “Then close your eyes Sheila.”
9. ______ Sheila was mad and she ran off.
10. ______ I put the toad in my backpack.
11. ______ Took it home to show my brother.
V. Identify each sentence below. Write simple, compound, or complex. (20 marks)
Complex
1. ____________When I walked into the room, I was very nervous.
2. ____________ Beijing has many famous tourist attractions, such as the Imperial Palace, Tian’anmen
Square, and the Lama Temple.
3. ____________ Central Park has a zoo and many other interesting places to visit, but sometimes it is
too cold to visit in the winter.
4. ____________ A good writer learns to create longer, more detailed sentences from simple ideas.
5. ____________ Some families do not have the extra time that pets require.
6. ____________ Although Bolívar’s name is not as well-known outside Latin America, many people
there consider him the most important historical person.
7. ____________ Brazil and Chile are near each other, but these two South American countries are very
different in geography, population, and language.
8. ____________ Like most countries in South America, the majority of people in Chile speak Spanish.
9. ____________ Before e-readers were invented, students had to carry several heavy books with them
each day.
10. ____________ E-readers are wireless, so students can carry them anywhere.
11. ____________ She was late for the party because she was stuck in the traffic.

VI. Find 20 capitalization errors below. The first one has been done for you. (19 marks)

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