Either the Prime Minister or her deputy is opening the debate.

2. Tom / his friends / going to clean the car.

Either...

3. the children / their mother / delivering the letters.

Either...

4. the management / the workers / going to have to give way in the disagreement.

Either...

Exercise 11. The US computer company Macroworth announced today that it is to move some of its operation to Camford in Britain. Here is an extract from the announcement. Make any necessary corrections to the parts of the verb to be.

Exercise 12. Choose the right verb.

1. A group of teenagers in the town (has/have) organised a scheme to help old people with their shopping.

2. A number of people (has/have) complained about the noise.

3. Do you think three pounds (is/are) a big enough tip?

4. Hamburger and chips (is/are) not a very healthy lunch.

5. In the latest rail union vote. the majority (has/have) voted to go on strike: the rest of the members (is/are) expected to support the strike fairly solidly.

6. Two kilos (is/are) pretty small for a newborn baby.

7. Our teenage son thinks there (is/are) a number of good reasons for staying up late and having a good time.

8. More than one house in our street (has/have) been broken into recently.

9.A couple of dangerous-looking men (is/are) waiting for you outside.

10. One of my friends (has/have) just won two free plane tickets to New York.

11. Six weeks (is/are) a long time to wait for news of your family.

12. The majority of the children's parents (is/are) unemployed.

13. A lot of shops (is/are) opening on Sundays now.

14. The Philippines (has/have) signed the new human rights agreement.

15. The police think that more than one person (was/were) in the stolen car.

16. Тот and Rosie were late, but the rest of us (was/were) on time.

17. (Is/Are) bacon and eggs what you usually eat for breakfast?

18. We've just learnt that a couple of our club members (has/have) been chosen for the national team.

Exercise 13. Use the appropriate form of the verb.

1. Huckleberry's hard pantings ______ his only reply. (was, were) (Twain) 2. There ______ many a true word spoken in jest, Mr. Cokane. (is, are) (Shaw) 3. Each of us ______ afraid of the sound of his name. (was, were) (Bennett) 4. On such meetings five minutes ______ the time allotted to each speaker. (was, were) (London) 5. Neither his father nor his mother _______ like other people... (was, were) (Drei­ser) 6. It was dark and quiet. Neither moon nor stars _______ visible. (was, were) (Collins) 7. Plenty of girls ______ taken to me like dau­ghters and cried at leaving me... (has, have) (Shaw) 8. He and I ______ nothing in common. (has, have) (Galsworthy) 9. But I wonder no wealthy nobleman or gentleman _______ taken a fancy to her: Mr. Rochester, for instance. (has, have) (Ch. Bronte) 10. To be the busy wife of a busy man, to be the mother of many children..._______, to his thinking, the highest lot of woman. (was, were) (Trollope) 11. Her family _______ of a delicate constitution. (was, were) (E. Bronte) 12. Hers _______ a large family. (was, were) 13. "Well," says my lady, “_______ the police coming?" (is, are) (Collins) 14. No­body _______ I am here. (knows, know) (London) 15. But after all, who ______ the right to cast a stone against one who _______ suffered? (has, have; has, have) (Wilde) 16. There are men who _______ domi­nion from the nature of their disposition, and who _______ so from their youth upwards, without knowing... that any power of' domi­nion belongs to them. (exercises, exercise; does, do) (Trollope) 17. Plain United States _______. good enough for me. (is, are) (Lon­don) 18. He half started as he became aware that someone near at hand ________ gazing at him. (was, were) (Aldington) 19. Fatting cattle ________ from 5 to 10 gallons of water a head daily. (consume, consumes) (Black) 20. She is supposed to have all the misfortunes and all the virtues to which humanity ________ subject. (is, are) (Trollope) 21. It was a market-day, and the country people ________ all assembled with their baskets of poultry, eggs and such things... (was, were) (Thackeray) 22. The precept as well as the practice of the Primitive Church ________ distinctly against matrimony. (was, were) (Wilde) 23. Ratterer and Hegglund..., as well as most of the others, _________ satisfied that there was not another place in all Kan­sas City that was really as good. (was, were) (Dreiser) 24. Twelve years ________ a long time. (is, are) (Galsworthy) 25. There _________ a great many ink bottles. (was, were) (Dickens) 26. May and I ________ just friends. (is, are) (Keating) 27. The bread and butter _________ for Gwen­dolen. (is, are) (Wilde) 28. I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, that neither of us ________ engaged to be married to anyone. (is, are) (Wilde) 29. It _________ they that should honour you. (is, are) (Trollope) 30. Great Expectations by Dickens _________ published in 1860. (was, were) 31. The family party ________ seated round the table in the dark wainscoted parlour... (was, were) (Eliot) 39. Everybody ________ clever nowadays. (is, are) (Wilde) 33. There ________ a number of things, Martin, that you don't understand. (is, are) (Wilde) 34. The num­ber of scientific research institutes in our country _________ very large. (is, are) 35. Her hair, which ________ fine and of medium brown shade, _________ brushed smoothly across the top of her head and then curled a little at each side. (was, were; was, were) (Priestley) 36. After some apologies, which _________ perhaps too soft and sweet... the great man thus opened the case. (was, were) (Trollope) 37. It was as if the regiment _________ half in khaki, half in scarlet and bearskins. (was, were) (Galsworthy) 38. Youth and Age _________ a weekly, and it had published two-thirds of his twenty-one-thousand-word serial when it went out of business. (was, were) (London) 39. There __________ a number of men present. (was, were) (Walpole) 40....the flowers came in such profusion and such quick succession that there _________ neither time nor space to arrange them. (was, were) (Heym)

Exercise 14. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the correct form of the verb. Pay attention to the rules of agreement.

1. Official news (to be) brief. 2. Have some bread and butter. The bread and butter (to be) on the counter. 3. А box as well as a book (to be stolen). 4. The wedding party (to be forced) to abandon their cars and literally to fight their way into the Old Town Hall on foot. 5. The cattle (to be all gone), probably driven off. 6. It utterly spoils an excursion if you have folk in the boat who (to be thinking) all the time a good deal more of their dress than of the trip. 7. His yacht struck a reef and sank somewhere off the North of Scotland; and he managed to swim to an unin­habited island. All the rest (to be drowned.) 8. None of them (to be going) to get against me. 9. The Himalayas (to be) the eastern end of a great series of folded mountains. 10. The works (to be) to be closed. 11. It is I who (to be buying) this house. 12. The ten years he had lived in the North (to have changed) him greatly. 13. The Merry Wives of Windsor (to be) one of the best comedies in English literature. 14. I don't care what your family (to say). It's all their doing. I am going to live a new life. 15. Forty guineas for a room each week (to be) not an uncommon figure at that time. 16. My brother as well as I (to be) ready to accompany you to the station. 17. Three metres (to be) not enough for this dress. 18. It (to be) his stories that amused me so much. 19. Who (to be) these people? 20. There's just one or two little things that (to be worrying) me, doctor. 21. I've never seen anything quite like that meeting; every man, woman, and child in the city (to be) there. 22. Harry and I (to be) pals all our lives. 23. The majority of the people (to have) their minds made up.

Exercise 15. Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.

1. Neither Julia nor Michael (is/are) going to the play tonight.

2. Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight.

3. Dieting (is/are) becoming more popular every day.

4. A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday.

5. Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately.

6. Your glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night.

7. There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night.

8. The committee (has/have) already reached a decision.

9. A pair of jeans (was/were) in the washing machine this morn­ing.

10. Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions.

11. Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning.

12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that everything (was/were) in order.

13. The crowd at the basketball game (was/were) wild with excite­ment.

14. A pack of wild dogs (has/have) frightened all the ducks away.

15. The jury (is/are) trying to find a solution.

16. The army (has/have) eliminated this section of the training test.

17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this term (is/are) appalling.

18. There (has/have) been too many interruptions in this class.

19. Every elementary school teacher (has/have) to take this exam­ination.

20. Neither Jill nor her parents (has/have) seen this movie before.

21. John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party.

22. The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memo­ries.

23. The quality of these recordings (is/are) not very good.

24. If the duties of these officers (isn't/aren't) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project.

25. The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proved to be extremely harmful.

26. The use of credit cards in place of cash (has/have) increased rapidly in recent years.

27. Advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competi­tive than ever before.

28. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is/ are) high.

Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, (have/has) proposed some changes of the rules.

Exercise 16. Select verbs that agree with their subjects.

1. A few of the girls is/ are experienced riders.

2. Each of them has/ have a complete set of maps.

3. Most of the milk is/ are gone.

4. Neither of the cars has/ have a radio.

5. Every one of the packages is/ are heavy.

6. Everyone quickly understands/ understand the rules of the game.

7. Neither of the actresses was/ were nominated.

8. Each is/are well-trained.

9. All of the fruit was/ were eaten.

10. A few in the crowd is/ are troublesome.

11. The public consists/ consist of you and me.

12. Jack's imagination, as well as his sense of humour, was/were delightful.

13. Carl, not Juan and I, is/ are doing the artwork.

14. No one except the band members leaves/ leave early.

15. Has/ have any of the shipment arrived?

16. Ramon and she likes/like hiking.

17. Rock and roll is/ are wonderful.

18. Neither our phone nor our doorbell was/ were working.

19. Ninety percent of the students is/ are present.

20. A number of girls like/ likes strenuous sports.

Exercise 17. Translate into English paying attention to the agreement of the subject with the predicate.

1. Обоим – и Александру и Нине, нравится их новый район.

2. Ни один из катеров не пострадал во время шторма.

3. К двум часам Антонио, так же как и другие певцы, был готов к началу конкурса.

4. Один из местных полицейских набрал наибольшее количество очков по стрельбе сегодня.

5. Ни Джон, ни Брюс так и не оправились от ужасного путешествия.

6. «Том и Джерри» – любимый мультфильм моего племянника.

7. На прилавке стоял набор для соли и перца.

8. Каждая официантка работала очень четко и быстро.

9. Некоторые в толпе что-то прятали под пальто,

10. Или Мария или Том отвечают за это оборудование.

11. Дополнительной характеристикой этой модели являются встроенные динамики.

12. Кто-то не выключил мотор в машине.

13. Если кто-то позвонит, попроси его перезвонить вечером.

14. У каждой команды свой цвет и символ.

15. Вот та пара перчаток, которую вы у нас оставили.

16. Будет ли конец этим вопросам?

17. Если кто-то любит природу, то он старается как можно чаще общаться с ней.

18. Все хотели прослушать запись собственного голоса.

19. «Три жизни» Гертруды Стейн оказали большое влияние на многих современных писателей.

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