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Singular or Plural Verbs
Practice 3: Is/Are

Complete each of the following sentences correctly by choosing the singular verb is or the plural verb are.

1 .       Some of my classmates _____here. 

  is
  are


2 .       Everyone in this room _____ finished. 

  is
  are


3 .       A number of the women ____finished. 

  is
  are


4 .       None of the winners ____present. 

  is
  are


5 .       Some of the paper _____ completed. 

  is
  are


6 .       Two thirds of the school building _____ finished.  

  is
  are


7 .       A lot of the assignments _____ completed.  

  is
  are


8 .       Some of the grade for this class _____ based on the final exam. 

  is
  are


9 .       Someone in the dorm _____ sick. 

  is
  are


10 .       Each student ______ guilty. 

  is
  are


11 .       Neither the student nor the teacher _____ present. 

  is
  are


12 .       Either the printer or the computer terminals _____ working. 

  is
  are


13 .       Neither the principal nor the administration ____ satisfied. 

  is
  are


14 .       Hardly any of the money ____ here.  

  is
  are


15 .       A couple of the files _____ missing. 

  is
  are


16 .       One of the best parts of this class _____ the discussion time. 

  is
  are


17 .       Almost every student ____ here. 

  is
  are


18 .       The extent of his knowledge of computers ____ limited. 

  is
  are


19 .       Two hours of typing on this paper ____ a long time. 

  is
  are


20 .       The United States ____ large. 

  is
  are






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