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Practice 3: Is/Are
Complete each of the following sentences correctly by choosing the singular verb is or the plural verb are.

This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1
1 Some of my classmates _____here.
 
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Question 2
2 Everyone in this room _____ finished.
 
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Question 3
3 A number of the women ____finished.
 
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Question 4
4 None of the winners ____present.
 
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Question 5
5 Some of the paper _____ completed.
 
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Question 6
6 Two thirds of the school building _____ finished.
 
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Question 7
7 A lot of the assignments _____ completed.
 
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Question 8
8 Some of the grade for this class _____ based on the final exam.
 
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Question 9
9 Someone in the dorm _____ sick.
 
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Question 10
10 Each student ______ guilty.
 
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Question 11
11 Neither the student nor the teacher _____ present.
 
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Question 12
12 Either the printer or the computer terminals _____ working.
 
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Question 13
13 Neither the principal nor the administration ____ satisfied.
 
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Question 14
14 Hardly any of the money ____ here.
 
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Question 15
15 A couple of the files _____ missing.
 
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Question 16
16 One of the best parts of this class _____ the discussion time.
 
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Question 17
17 Almost every student ____ here.
 
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Question 18
18 The extent of his knowledge of computers ____ limited.
 
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Question 19
19 Two hours of typing on this paper ____ a long time.
 
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Question 20
20 The United States ____ large.
 
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