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Exercise 15. Explain why the predicate — verb is used in the singular or in the plural.1. The family
Were still at table, but they had finished breakfast. (Twain) 2. There
Was a crowd of soldiers along the fence in the infield. (Hemingway) 3.... the band
Was
Stopped , the crowd
Were partially
Quieted , and Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, was permitted to proceed. (Dickens) 4. Down by the Embankment... a band of unemployed
Were trailing dismally with money-boxes. (Galsworthy) 5. The multitude
Have something else to do than to read hearts and interpret dark sayings. (Ch. Bronte) 6. The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London
Were
Received by the chief butler. (Dickens) 7. There
Was a dreaminess, a preoccupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand. (Hardy) 8. The company
Are cool and calm. (Dickens) 9. As of old, nineteen hours of labour a day
Was all too little to suit him. (London) 10. There
Were still two hours of daylight before them. (Aldington) 11. At last they came into a maze of dust, where a quantity of people
Were tumbling over one another... (Dickens) 12. Tom's whole class
Were of a pattern-restless, noisy and troublesome. (Twain) 13. A group of men
Were standing guarded by carabinieri. (Hemingway) 14. The loving couple
Were no longer happy. (Reade)
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