Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1 Some of the information was/were very helpful.

2 Every always stands/ stand near the door when I try to get on the train.

3 My boyfriend as well as my friends thinks / think people don’t have any manners.

4 Only one of us doesn’t I don’t have any pet peeves.

5 In American English, we say My family “My family gets/ get together every weekend”.

6 Some of my decisions has/have turned out OK.

7 The police believes/believe that two people were involved in the robbery.

8 The stores here, apart from one, is / are very expensive.

2 Read the text. Choose the correct options.

Life in the city – a pet peeve

Many pedestrians in Barcelona has/have experienced nearly being knocked over by a bicyclist
riding on the sidewalk. One of my friends was/were hit by a bike last year. Only a few of these
riders is / are ever fined for this dangerous behavior. Even when bike riders use the street, some of
them don’t/doesn’t stop at red lights, so a pedestrian risks/risk his or her life crossing the street.
Of course, pedestrians also needs/need to follow the rules and not walk in bike lanes. Each of us
has/have to do our part to make Barcelona a safer city. My advice is/are to look behind you
frequently as you walk!

3 Read the text. Correct the eight mistakes.

One of my pet peeves are tattoos. Almost everyone I know think tattoos are really beautiful,