SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

A) Complete the gaps with “is”/ “are”. 40- Irrigation of the fields in the area ..........
1- The taxi drivers ........ 41- Our report ..........
2- These scissors ...... 42- My reports ..........
3- Each of the wheels .......... 43- None of this research ..........
4- Either design ......... 44- None of these surveys ...........
5- Nobody at our office ........ 45- The wealthy ..........
6- Pathology ......... 46- A lot of money ...........
7- The British .......... 47- Four-fifths of their production ...........
8- The unemployed ...... 48- His desire for his son ..........
9- Either of the goalkeepers ....... 49- Our desires in life..........
10- Neither photocopier .........
11- One-third of the voters ...... B) Choose and highlight the correct answer in
12- Two days .......... parentheses.
13- Half of the pencils ..........
1- His opinion about the company's new products
14- Half of the paint ..........
(wasn't/weren't) considered by the committee.
15- The number of students ..........
16- A large number of elephants ....... 2- Most of the competitors, including the world champion,
17- These deer ........... (was/were) angry about the decision.
18- The craftsman and his apprentice ......
3- The grief of losing a loved one in such a tragic accident
19- Their father's job .......... .
(was/ were) felt by everyone with relatives on board the
20- The procedures she followed ..........
submarine.
21- The aim of these regulations ............
22- One of the supermarkets .......... 4- When Norman is painting, nothing (distract/distracts) him

23- The student whom we admired .......... from his work.

24- Both of his legs ..........
25- Fifteen percent of the land .......
26- One hundred and fifty pounds ......
27- My daughter's shoes ..........
28- Their children's playground ........
5- The owner of the boat yard, with some of his sales
representatives, (is/are) making a presentation at the boat
show.
6- Everyone attending the opening (was/were) impressed

29- This morning's news ....... with the restoration.

30- Pollution these days ..........
31- Every athlete and coach ..........
32- My children arid their cousin ..........
33- The owner or the managers ..........
34- The style in handbags ..........
35- The teachers or the headmaster ...........
36- The minority of builders ............
37- The architect, with his technical advisors,
38- The architect, the chief builder and the carpenter ..........
39- The findings of the committee..........
7- The number of fans who (was/were) waiting for Brad Pitt
to arrive (was/were) unbelievable.
8- Outfits made from Şile cheesecloth, which (is/are)
produced on hand looms, (is/are) paraded on famous models
during the Şile Festival.
9- The tiles on the wall of Rüstem Paşa Mosque (was/were)
applied in 1561.
10-Every applicant who (was/were) successful in the first
interview (was/were) given a final interview.