Bài tập vận dụng vềsự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ và động từ 2.1. Use the right form to the verb 1.Three months (be) a long time to wait. 2. Five dollars (be) too much to pay for that book 3. A number of books (be) on the table. 4. The number of students in this class (be) limited to thirty. 5. It (be) my two brothers who (be) hurt. 6. It (be) the children playing upstairs. 7. Neither of the answers (be) correct. 8. Neither (be) to blame. 9. Everybody (have) a good time. 10. Either your key or my key (be) missing. 11. John or his brothers (be) going to help me. 12. Bread and butter (be) all he asked for. 13. The author and lecturer (be) arriving today. 14. My old friend and colleague, George (be) in town. 15. The pen and paper (be) on the desk. 16. Jim and Joe (be) roommates. 17. The boxes of candy (be) on the table. 18. The package of cigarettes (be) on the table. 19. Oranges and cream (be) perishable and should be refrigerated. 20. Oranges and tangerine (be) delicious. 21. Most of the members (be) happy. 22. Half of the students (be) looking out. 23. Some of the sugar (was/were) spilt on the floor. 24. There (be) plenty of time. 25.There (be) a lot of lakes. 26. I, your master, (command) you. 27. My wife, not my friends, ( is waiting/are waiting) for me. 28. Early to bed and early to rise (make) a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 29. Either the mayor or the eldermen (be) to blame. 30. Not John but his brothers (be) to blame. 31. The jury (is / are) trying to reach a decision. 32. The army (has / have) eliminated this section of the training test. 33. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (is / are) appalling 34. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is/are) at an all time-high. 35. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee,(has/have) proposed some changes of the rules 2.2.Choose the correct answer 1: Each of you………a share in the work. A. to have B. have C. having D. has 2: We need more sugar. There is…………sugar in the pot. A. little B. much C. any D. many 3: His pronunciation causes me a lot of _____. A. difficult B. difficultly C. difficulties D. difficulty 4.There are small……………………….between British and American English. A. differences B. difference C. differently D. different 5: Each student ………………. the lesson very well. A. understand B. understands C. understanding D. to understand 6. Can you see anybody in that classroom? – Yes. There _______ a teacher and fifty students there. A. have been B. has been C. is D. are 7. ________ students in this class have trouble finding time to work out. A. Many of B. A great deal of C. Mostly all D. Few 8: There is _____ water in the bottle. A. many B. a number of C. few D. a little 9: He felt very sad because he had ______ friends in the village. A. a few B. few C. little D. a little 10: “Would you like to have ______ coffee?” A. little B. many C. some D. few