Use is/are or have /has

1. The scissors____not very sharp.

2. These two species_____ specific dark spots.
3. The necessary analyses ___usually done in a short time in our lab.
4. The news ___very pleasent.
5. The poultry____been brought to the market for sale.
6. Economics ____become a very popular course at this unversity.
Put the words in brackets in the plural.
1. The store was overrun with rats and (mouse)__________.
2. I helped him find his (swine)__________ .
3. He is one of the country’s national (hero)__________.
4. He collects (pocket-knife)__________.
5. His both (son-in-law)__________ were (fisherman)__________.
6. The police asked (passer-by)__________ if they had seen the accident.
7. Most parents have problems with their teenage (offspring)__________.
8. Yesterday’s crash has grim (echo)__________ of previous disaster.
9. (Salmon)__________ live in the sea but swim up rivers to lay their eggs.
10. Books provide (child)__________ with ideas and (stimulus)__________ to play.
11. I respect your religious (belief)__________.
12. Corn circles are one of the strangest (phenomenon)__________ of recent times.

Supply the article where necessary.

1. ... River Ganges rises in ... Himalayas and flows into ... bay of Bengal.
2. ... Nurse Taylor has already bound up ... little boy’s ankle.
3. He grows only ... corn in his field.
4. Thieves broke in ... last night and damaged a lot of ... furniture.
5. Turn down ... gas; ... milk is boiling over.
6. ... most beautiful part of ... picture is ... reflection of ... sunset in ... sea.
7. She studies ... English at ... University of London.
8. What ... wonderful weather! There is not ... cloud in ... sky.
9. In ... physics we study ... heat, ... light and ... sound.
10. ... old do not understand ... young.

11. _____Exams are ____inescapable fact of life for_____ most university students.____ exams that I wrote last
year were much easier.
12. What did you eat for _______ breakfast this morning?
13. He has come down with ____flu, not____ measles. He is having ____terrible headache.
14. My brother lives next door to _____Jacksons.
15. Our cruise makes stops in ____ Netherlands, ____ Belgium, _____ United Kingdom and ____ France. It's
going to be amazing!.
16. I visited _____Bahamas last year.
17. James visited _____Hermitage,____ famous museum in _____St. Petersburg.
18. ____Hyatt Regency is conveniently located in ____ heart of New Belgrade by ____Sava River.
19. They walked____arm in ___arm.