Exercise 1
Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences below.
1. Your acquaintance (talk-talks) too much.
2. The chap with the roses (look-looks) like your colleague.
3. The women in the pool (swim-swims) well.
4. Narobi (drive-drives) a cab.
5. The troupes (run-runs) five miles every day.
6. That red-haired lady in the fur hat (live-lives) across the street.
7. Jack (cook-cooks) dinner for his two roommates.
8. The boys (walk-walks) to school every day whereas the girls go by bus.
9. The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good this weekend; time for some adventure sports.
10. The center on the basketball team (bounce-bounces) the ball too high.
Exercise 2: Circle the correct verb in the sentences below.
1. Each of the actresses (look-looks) good on screen.
2. Everybody in the library (was-were) asked to remain quiet.
3. Neither of the board members (is-are) here yet for the meeting.
4. (Is-Are) each of the students ready to take the examination?
5. The farmer found several of the sheep (is-are) sick.
6. Some members of the faculty (is-are) present in spite of the national holiday.
7. Nobody in the class (has-have) the answer to the critical situation.
8. Each of the girls (observe-observes) fasts for the holy month.
9. The hotel staff notice that all of the strawberry milk (is-are) gone.
10. Most of the seats for the admission (was-were) taken.
Answers:
Exercise 1
1. talks
2. looks
3. swim
4. drives
5. run
6. lives
7. cooks
8. walk
9. appears
10. bounces
Exercise 2
1. looks
2. was
3. is
4. is
5. are
6. are
7. has
8. observes
9. is
10. were