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MONTHLY ARCHIVES: OCTOBER 2011

ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEST

205 Votes

I. Choose the correct verb in each of the following sentences below.

1. Each of us (needs, need) more application and concentration.

2. Everyone of them (is, are) to blame for the accident.

3. The audience in today’s conference (is, are) big.

4. Here (comes, come) some tardy students.

5. A big number of books (does, do) not always make a library.

6. Not one of their friends (has, have) come to their rescue.

7. My scissors (is, are) not sharp.

8. Her mother, together with her two brothers, (is, are) arriving today from Davao.

9. Rice and fish (constitute, constitutes) a typical Filipino farmer meal.

10. Sixteen and a half feet (makes, make) a red.

11. Three feet (is, are) equal to one yard.

12. Here and there a man like the astronauts and the scientists (dares, dare) to venture to the
unknown.

13. Occasionally a group of children and teenagers, (disturbs, disturb) our fiesta.
14. The class decided to see how one of these present-day cars (is, are) assembled.

15. Memory of summer escapades and summer friends soon (fades, fade) in the first exciting days of
college freshman year.

16. A series of project (was, were) planned by the students.

17. Mother is one of those women who (doesn’t, don’t) support Women’s Library.

18. He who (perseveres, persevere) will succeed.

19. To these four questions (was, were) added a fifth.

20. Majority of the people (is, are) happy about the situation.

21. A series of experiments (was, were) conducted.

22. Ten pounds of flour (is, are) sufficient.

23. Ten bags of flour (is, are) in the garage.

24. Five percent of the proceeds (was, were) forfeited.

25. Fifteen (is, are) one-fifth of seventy-five.

26. Brains, not brawn, (counts, count) more.

27. Not brawn, but brains, (counts, count) more.

28. The wear and tear of life (was, were) too much for her.

29. There (was, were) a man, a woman, and a child in the room waiting to be served.

30. Neither of the boys (was, were) responsible for what happened.

31. One of the prisoners who (is, are) required needs to be scrutinized.

32. The ethics of dining (is, are) a neglected art.

33. What (is, are) the vital statistics of each candidate.

34. Aunt Nena (look, looks) at these old photographs.

35. I (remembers, remember) that visit now!

36. Lily (puts, put) her hand in the bee hive.

37. You (cut, cuts) your foot on a piece of broken glass.

38. Ben (falls, fell) from the mango tree yesterday.


39. Uncle Martin (took, takes) your pictures last summer.

40. Delia and I (are, were) absent from the meeting yesterday.

41. Some of the votes (seem, seems) to have been miscounted.

42. The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring (is, are) more than just a nuisance.

43. There (have, has) to be some people left in that town after yesterday’s flood.

44. A high percentage of the population (is, are) voting for the new school.

45. Some of the grain (appears, appear) to be contaminated.

46. A high percentage of the people (was, were) voting for the new school.

47. He seems to forget that there (is, are) things to be done before he can graduate.

48. Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator (is, are) going to have to make a
decision.

49. (Is, Are) my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance?

50. Kobe Bryant, together with his teammates, (presents, present) a formidable opponent on the
basketball court.

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEST 2

24 Votes

SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT (lecture)


The verb change form not only in tense but also in person and number. The person and number of a verb
determined by the person and number of its subject.

A verb is singular in form when it end in-s or –es, for example walks , rings, plays, calls, describes ,
catches, does, chooses, loses.

The root or base form of the verb is referred to as its plural form . It is used with all kinds of subject s
except the third person, singular which call for the s-form.

Rules of Subject Verb Agreement in Standard English

1. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of
the concept.

Example”

a. He asks many questions about his work.

b. We ask for help every day.

c. The dog growls when he is angry.

d. The dogs growl when they are angry.

2. Each , everyone, everybody, everyone, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, nobody, no one, either,
and neither are singular. They take singular verbs.

Example:

a. Every loyal Filipino must do his share.

b. Nobody except juniors is admitted to the course.

c. Either of these two cars is a good bargain.

d. Neither my sweater nor your jacket is in the car.

e. Each, as far as I have been able to judge, has something to offer.

3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect
agreement.

The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good.


4. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.

Example:

The colors of the rainbow are beautiful.

5. A. Singular subject s joined by or or nor require a singular verb.

Example: a. Neither my niece nor my nephew expects to go to Davao.

b. Either Mary or Jane is behind all this.

B. Plural subjects joined by or or nor require a plural verb.

Example: Neither the foreman nor the workers are here.

C. If two subjects connected by either or or neither nor differ in person or number the verb agrees
with the nearer subject.

Example:

a. Either the workers or the owner is responsible. responsible.

b. Either the owner or the workers are responsible.

c. Neither the midwife nor the twins are ready.

6. When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be placed after the verb, so care
needs to be taken to identify it correctly.

Example: There is a problem with the balance sheet.

Here are the papers you requested.

7. Subjects don’t always come before verbs in questions. Make sure you accurately identify the subject
before deciding on the proper verb form to use.

Examples: Does Lefty usually eat grass?


Where are the pieces of this puzzle.

8. Compound subjects joined by “and” normally require plural verbs.

Examples:

a. His coat and cap are lying on the bed.

b. A horse and a carabao are in the pasture.

c. The cow and the pig are jumping over the moon.

9. The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.

Examples: Red beans and rice is my mom’s favorite dish.

Bread and butter is my breakfast.

10. Indefinite pronouns such as “every”, “no”, “everybody”, etc. typically take singular verbs.

Examples: Everybody wants to be loved.

No smoking or drinking is allowed.

Every man and woman is required to check in.

11. The only time when the object of the preposition factors into the decision of plural or singular verb
forms is when noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. are followed by a
prepositional phrase. In these sentences, theobject of the preposition determines the form of the verb.

Examples: All of the chicken is gone.

All of the chickens are gone.

12. The pronoun “you” even if it refers to one person require a plural verb.

Examples:

a. Mary, you were there last night.


b. Peter, are you going?

13. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement.

Example: Four quarts of oil was required to get the car running.

14. Nouns plural in form but singular in meaning take singular verbs , for example, politics, economics,
physics, mathematics.

Examples:

a. Ethics deal with problem of moral duty.

b. Physics is my favorite subject.

15. In “ there is “ and” there are” sentences, make the verb agree with the subject that follows it.

Examples:

a. There is too much noise in this room.

b. There were several good reasons for my decision.

14. When a relative pronoun is used as the subject of clause, the form of the verb is determined by the
antecedent of the pronoun, because the pronoun has the same person and number that the antecedent
has.

Examples:

a. I have met the woman who is on the program (woman…is)

b. I have met the women who are on the program (women…are)

c. She is one of those girls who are never on time (girls…were)

16. * Pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some) always take the plural form.

Example:Few were left alive after the flood.


17. If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form of the verb.

Example: To walk and to chew gum require great skill.

18. When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence they take the singular verb form of the verb, but
when they are linked by and they take the plural form.

Example: Standing in the water was a bad idea.Swimming in the ocean and playing drums are my
hobbies.

19. A collective noun is considered singular when the group is regarded as a unit; it is plural when the
emphasis is upon the individuals of the group. A plural noun of amount , distance etc., takes a singular
verb when the subject is used as a unit of measurement .

sample mass noun: committee ,jury ,band

Example:

a. The class is orderly.

b. The class are divided on their plan to go to Baguio.

c. Twenty pesos is too much to pay for a hand kerchief.

d. Thirty kilometers is a good day’s ride.

e. The herd is stampeding.

20. Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular verb.

The Burbs is a movie starring Tom Hanks.

21. Final Rule – Remember, only the subject affects the verb!

QUIZ

Copy and paste this online quiz to word processor and email your work to this address
martha_aux@yahoo.com.ph. Your output shall be the basis of your work for the week.
Decide and underline which of the verbs within the parentheses is to the parentheses is the correct one.

1. The committee (has, have) finished their report.

2. Thirty pesos (is, are) too much to pay for a bag.

3. Not one of my physics problems (was, were) answered correctly.

4. Our dog, with her five puppies (sleeps, sleep) to the terrace.

5. You, who (is, are) outstanding teachers should represent us.

6. Only one of my nieces (was, were) late.

7. Your schedule of classes (are, is) posted on the bulletin board.

8. He says that nobody (is, are) to be admitted until three.

9. Either of your two suggestions (is, are) practical.

10. There (is, are) several more applicants to be interviewed.

11. Either of these two television sets (is, are) a good bargain.

12. The committee (has, have) finished its project.

13. There (seems, seem) to be some objections to the class members.

14. Neither my truck nor my tractors (is, are) running well.

15. A list of candidates for graduation (have, has) been distributed.

16. Not one of the incidental fees (were, was) collected during the registration.

17. Behind the kitchen (is, are) a bicycle and two plows.

18. Be sure there (is, are) no erasures of the thesis.

19. The marketing manager or his assistant (is, are) always on duty.

20. Neither my sister nor my brother (except, excepts)to go Switzerland.

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEST 3

14 Votes

TENSE OF THE ENGLISH VERBS

In grammar, tense is a distinctive form of verb, which indicates the time of its action or assertion. The
traditional labels of the tenses of the verbs are principally words denoting time such as past, present,
future. Thus, it is assumed that the function of tense is to show time.

There are six tenses: three simple tenses, and three compound as perfect tenses. The three simple
tenses are: present, past, and future. In addition to the six tenses, there are progressive forms of the
verb. All of these tense forms suggest time constraints or boundaries.

In English, most sentences require a verb which necessarily occurs in a tense form to indicate time. This
indication of time may also be supplied by an adverb. In addition, an adverb may modify the time
suggested by the tense of the verb.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

As suggested by its label, the present tense denotes present time. In sentences, it has four functions: to
refer to a habitual action, to express general truth, to indicate a permanent condition, and to state a
present fact, simple futurity or habitual presents.

Examples:

1. My father reads newspapers every morning. (habitual action)

2. To err is human. (general truth)

Oil floats on water. (In this particular example the present tense is used to make a statement that is
generally true without reference to time.)

3. The sun rises from the east. ( permanent condition)

4. The Philippines has a lot of foreign debts. ( present fact)


THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The simple past tense is used to denote an action which is definitely completed in the past.

Example: The courier delivered the letter yesterday.

THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

The simple future tense denotes an action which will happen or will occur at some future time.

Example: The country will recover from the present economic crisis.

THE PROGRESSIVE FORM OF THE VERB

The progressive form of the verb expresses action that at a given time or event is in progress or
continuing. Usually, in a progressive construction of the actual activity is emphasized by the progressive
form of the verb.

Examples:

The members of the committee are studying all the research proposals.

It was raining when the games started.

At the time we will be there, they will still be preparing the hall for the conference.

SOME REMINDERS IN THE USE OF THE VERBS

*AGREEMENT OF VERB AND ITS SUBJECT

1. The verb with the compound subject joined by “and” is plural.

2. When the two words of a compound subject refer to the same person or thing or otherwise form a
unit, the verb is usually singular.

3. When the singular subject is joined to a related noun by a preposition or expression such as with,
together with, as well as, in addition to, the verb is singular.

4. The Collective nouns are singular in form but refer to a group of objects, persons or acts, such as army,
jury, committee, public, team, etc. When the group is meant as a unit, the verb is singular, when the
individuals are meant, the verb is plural.
5. A number of terms of amount and measure have collective agreement, with the singular the more
common.

6. In a sentence, a singular subject always requires a singular verb despite long intervening phrases or
clauses containing plural nouns.

7. Relative clauses introduced by who or that or which have verbs agreeing with the pronoun’s
antecedent.

QUIZ

The following quiz involves the application of the use of simple tenses and the pointers on agreement.

Choose the correct form of the verb in the parentheses in each of the following sentences. Copy and
paste this online quiz in Word Processor and e-mail to this address martha_aux@yahoo.com.ph. This will
serve as your quiz and attendance for the week’s session.

NAME: _____________________ DATE:_________________

COURSE/YEAR: ______________ ASTI BRANCH:__________

1. The children ________ (watch, watches, watched, are watching) the fishing boats scattered all
over the lake on moonlight nights.

2. After spending two weeks in the islands, the tourists _______ (go, went, going ) home carrying in
their minds a beautiful picture which _____ (be, are, is ) both inspiring and ennobling.

3. During our visit to Tagaytay we ____ (go, went, goes ) to a point where we ____ (have, had, has)
a good view of Taal Volcano which ____ (be, is, are) several feet below sea level.

4. During sunsets the lake _____ (appear, appears, will appear, appeared) peaceful.

5. As I _____ (lie, lay, lying, lied) awake in the dark last night, I ______ (realize, realizing, will realize,
realized) how necessary light (be, is, are) _____.

6. Many visitors ______ (go, goes, went) up to Baguio in summer.

7. The city government _______ (collect, collects, will collect, collected) higher taxes stating next
month.

8. Laguna Bay _______ (abound, abounds, abounded) in fish.


9. We _____ (meet, met, will meet) again and when that time ______ (come, comes, will come) I
_____ (hope, hopes, will hope) to see you more charming, less impetuous, and more of a lady than you
_______ (be, is, are) now.

10. Before you ______ ( leave, will leave, left) tell us what you ______ (do, did, done) with yourself
in the United States.

11. Silas Marner is the story of a weaver who ______ (lose, lost, loss) his faith in man and God.

12. James Watt _______ (discover, discovers, discovered) that steam ______ (have, has, had) power.

13. When my great grandmother _______ (is, are, was) in elementary school her teacher in English
____ (be, is, was, were) an American, but now there ¬¬______ (were, are, is, was) few American
teachers in the school system.

14. We ______ (are, is, was, were) told that London fog _____ (last, lasts, lasted) hours and hours.

15. In our Biology class yesterday, our teacher______ (show, shows, showed) us how much nitrogen
there _____ (is, are, were, was) in air.

16. Our experiment yesterday ______ (proved, prove, proves) that oxygen ______ (support,
supports, supported) combustion.

17. Last week a marketing agent _____ (come, comes, came) to persuade my sister to buy a portable
sewing machine.

18. The lecturer in our science class last week _______ (gives, gave, give) two proofs that air ______
(occupy, occupies, occupied) space.

19. The other day we _____ ( conduct, conducted, conducts) and experiment to prove that air
(exert, exerts, exerted) pressure.

20. Each one of us (need, needs) more application and concentration.

21. The Indonesian softball team (was, were) beaten by the Philippine team by a score of seven to
four.

22. One of his tonsils ( was, were) removed.

23. Not one of the party (was, were) injured in the explosion.

24. The audience (is, are) leaving one at a time now.

25. The audience in today’s conference (is, are) big.

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