Ex.10. Choose the correct verb according to the noun form (singular or plural)

Ex.9.Choose the correct word and explain your choice.

Ex.8.Choose the correct word.

Ex.7. Complete the sentences using the noun in brackets in the singular or plural.

1. It is easy when we are in prosperity to give (advice) __________ to the afflicted.(Aeschylus)

2. Abundance of (knowledge)__________ does not teach men to be wise. (Heraclitus)

3. Wise (man) __________ talk because they have something to say. (Fool) __________ talk because they have to say something. (Plato)

4. I don't believe in (miracle) __________. I rely on them.(Unknown)

5. To repeat what others have said requires education, to challenge itrequires (brain) __________ (Mary Pettibone Poole)

6. The big (thief) __________ hang the little ones. (Czech proverb)

7. (Mathematics) __________ is the queen of the sciences. (Carl Friedrich Gauss)

8. Greedy eaters dig their graves with their (tooth) __________. (French proverb)

9. One kind word can warm three winter (month) __________. (Japanese proverb)

10. Democracy must be something more than two (wolf) __________ and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. (James Bovard)

1. There _______ (is, are) natural phenomena that can harm man.

2. A pair of designer jeans __________ (costs, cost) about $200.00.

3. A thorough knowledge of economics _______ (is, are) necessary for investing money wisely.

4. It's said that politics _______ (is, are) very boring.

5. At the end of a lane there _______ (is, are) a house and a barn.

6. One hundred dollars _______ (is, are) too much to pay for a pair of gloves.

7. TV news __________ (sensationalises, sensationalise) all important events.

8. The jury _______ (is, are) meeting now; a decision should be reached soon.

9. ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ _______ (is, are) one of Shakespeare's plays.

10. Physics _______ (is, are) the most difficult course I've ever taken.

11. Marriage _______ (is, are) an important step in every person's life.

1. Advice is/are what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. (Erica Jong)

2. Clothes makes/make the man. Naked people has/have little or no influence on society. (Mark Twain)

3. Wisdom begins/begin in wonder. (Socrates)

4. Beauty is/are internal; looks means/mean nothing. (Unknown)

5. The first 90 percent of the task takes/take 90 percent of the time, the last 10 percent takes/take the other 90 percent. (Murphy's Law)

6. I am still a victim of chess. It has/ They have all the beauty of art -- and much more. (Marcel Duchamp)

7. Too bad the only people who knows/know how to run the country is/are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. (George Burns)

8. Don't lend people money. It gives/ they give them amnesia. (Unknown)

9. For most folks, no news are/is good news; for the press, good news is/are not news. (Gloria Borger)

10. I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of it/them. (Alfred Hitchcock)

1. Twenty hrivnias (seem, seems) a fair price.

2. A hundred dollars (is, are) a lot of money.

3. The news (is, are) wonderful.

4. Their wages (is, are) high.

5. His trousers (is, are) a bit short.

6. Politics (is, are) interesting for everyone nowadays.

7. Darts (is, are) a game played in British pubs.

8. Her clothes (is, are) luxurious.

9. Linguistics (has, have) developed rapidly in modern times.

10. A reward of $500 (has, have) been offered for his article.

11. The Times (has, have) a half-inch front page article.

12. The police (is, are) investigating this theft.

13. Your advice (was, were) very useful.

14. Your hypothesis (is, are) very interesting.

15. The fruit (was, were) fresh.

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