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Exercise 1
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
1 The driver as well as the passengers …… hurt in the accident
2 The salt and the pepper …… put on the table
3 Not only she, but also everybody …… embarrassed by his rude manner
4 Two hour's study …… enough for him to prepare for a quiz
5 Not only the teacher, but also the students themselves …… tired
6 He was at his wit's end His last sixpence …… spent
7 She as well as we …… highly satisfied with their work
8 Not only the earth but also the planets …… round the sun
A moves B move
9 Two thousand dollars …… wasted by him in the casino
A was B were
10 …… either of them ready to go there?
A Is B Are
11 Three Comrades …… a novel by Remark.
12 Bread and butter …… his usual breakfast
13 If either of them …… a leave now, we won't be able to finish the project
14 My aim and objective …… to make English grammar clear to everyone
15 I can wait, four weeks …… not so long
16 The grey and blue blanket …… washed today
17 A variety of questions …… put to the lecturer
18 The number of books which we have to read for the exams …… considerable
19 A great number of students …… present at the conference
20 The great majority of writers, painters, and architects …… talented people
Exercise 2
1 Nora and I …… great friends
2 …… there three patients due today?
3 Laughing and giggling …… John's Granny
4 Here, in the desk, of all places, …… the thermometer and the screwdriver
5 Candlelight and wine …… a touch of romance to the party
6 A black and white dog …… guarding the house
7 A black and a white dog …… sitting on the porch
8 The Dean and Lexicology lecturer …… in the lecture theatre
9 The director and the manager …… signed the contract
10 The cheese and the butter …… in the shopping bag
11 Whisky and soda …… his favourite drink
12 For supper there …… fish and different vegetables to eat
13 There …… cakes and tea for breakfast
14 Cleopatra, as well as her entire retinue, …… eager to meet Caesar
15 Cleopatra and her entire retinue …… eager to meet Caesar
16 New York, together with all the other states, …… for President
17 Ellen, as well as her friends, …… classical music
18 The soldiers, along with their commander, …… the bivouac area
19 The bacon and the eggs …… in the fridge
20 My cousin with his workmate …… visiting us today
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1 David and his wife …… just come
2 All of the cake …… eaten
3 All the candidates …… to do their best
4 Every plant and animal …… its own ecological niche
5 The committee …… agreed on many points
6 The committee …… been appointed for a second term
7 After consulting, the jury …… its verdict
8 The jury still …… on many points
9 The team …… time to learn to cooperate with one another
10 The team wearing black and red …… the ball
11 The crew …… divided the loot among themselves
12 The crew …… well-trained
13 The family of ducklings …… when the cat approaches
14 His family now …… rather big
15 All …… clear
16 All …… happy
17 The staff of this bank …… very competent
18 Our staff …… visiting theatres, restaurants, different presentations from time to
time
19 The public …… and ……
20 The council …… been promising to mend the fences, doors and windows for years
Exercise 4
1 Visiting relatives …… done on special occasions
2 Flying planes …… dangerous
3 It …… me to see so much misery in the world
4 Walls of glass …… much modern architecture
5 In many species, the male, as well as female, …… for the offspring
6 A backpack, a canteen, and a rifle …… issued to each recruit
7 Drinking and driving …… a major cause of highway fatalities
8 Fried ham and grits …… Diane's idea of a great breakfast
9 His closest friend and political ally …… his brother
10 Laws, rules, or convention …… most of our everyday decisions
11 The football team …… beginning to quarrel with one another when the manager arrived
12 There …… a table, four chairs, and a sofa in the room
13 The committee …… arranged a new series of programmes
14 The jury …… been unable to decide upon a verdict
15 He inspected each of the cars which …… in the garage
16 Fiona, along with her friends, …… planning a party
17 Each generation …… its own slang
18 That generation …… sold their souls for money
19 The crew …… experienced pilots
20 This bunch …… whispering excitedly
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1 Measles still …… many Americans
2 A pair of jeans …… what I need to buy
3 These trousers …… very good
4 …… your glasses expensive?
5 There …… a lot of news in the e-mail
6 The customs …… at the end of the terminal.,
7 Where …… your linen come from?
8 …… furniture sold here?
9 The cattle …… in the fields now
10 Diabetes …… an illness caused by too much sugar in the blood
11 His earnings …… quite good
12 What …… the weather like in London now?
13 Dice …… used in many games
14 Your progress …… everybody happy
15 Work …… the best cure of all the problems
16 Her clothes …… chic and …… a fortune
17 Martha's poultry …… the best in the village
18 How …… the wounded?
19 The goods …… checked regularly
20 The contents of the contract ……
Exercise 6
1 Dice …… us interesting things
2 All the floor sweepings and potato peelings …… carried away into this particular chute
3 Your hair …… fast
4 Neither my roommate nor my parents …… going to vote
5 Neither you nor Maria …… among the invited
6 Either you or I …… wrong
7 Either the defendant or the witnesses …… lying
8 Of the two jobs, neither …… much appeal
9 Neither Boris nor his sisters …… to enter University
10 Either my mother or I …… breakfast each morning
11 Either of these buses …… past my college
12 The number of Congress members …… about 400
13 An enormous number of photographs …… taken
14 The number of books in this library …… great
15 A number of new dictionaries …… on sale now
16 Mathematics …… not always an exact science
17 The mathematics (calculations) of the project …… not quite exact
18 Statistics …… a course many students really dread
19 The statistics of that study …… highly questionable
20 A great variety of whisky …… produced in Scotland
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1 The variety of magazines on sale today …… amazing
2 A great variety of children's toys …… produced in the world
3 He tells me that most of Majorca …… mountains
4 Most of us …… strong views on life
5 Most Arabic speakers …… English
6 The amount of students grants at this University …… considerable
7 The percentage of young voters …… risen
8 A percentage of the work …… finished
9 A percentage of the reports …… finished
10 Sixty percent of the students …… working
11 Sixty percent of the work force …… absent
12 A (The) majority of teachers at our school …… women
13 That is what …… me
14 …… the children we live for
15 …… they who organized all this
16 The ten minutes …… up
17 Two plus two …… four
18 Two metres …… not enough for such a dress
19 Twenty years …… nothing in comparison with eternity
20 …… they, not you, who are at fault
Exercise 8
1 Twenty five dollars …… the price of the return ticket
2 "Seven Days" …… a very popular magazine
3 Just look! The lazybones …… sleeping again!
4 "Gulliver's Travels" …… my favourite book when I was a kid
5 What a butter-fingers Tom ……
6 The Netherlands …… a beautiful country
7 …… summons from the local police station
8 Broadcasting House …… the headquarters of the BBC
9 Ten kilograms …… a lot to lose in one month
10 Five minutes …… given to each speaker
11 Half of her fortune …… in jewels
12 Half of her jewels …… stolen
13 Half of the cake …… eaten
14 Half of the pies …… eaten
15 Statistics …… a very important science in the life of any society
16 Recent statistics on birthrate in this country …… not very encouraging
17 All of the money …… gone
18 All of the books …… lost
19 The number of homeless people …… great
20 A number of women now …… against the new trends in fashion
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Exercise 1
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
1 The driver as well as the passengers …… hurt in the accident
2 The salt and the pepper …… put on the table
3 Not only she, but also everybody …… embarrassed by his rude manner
4 Two hour's study …… enough for him to prepare for a quiz
5 Not only the teacher, but also the students themselves …… tired
6 He was at his wit's end His last sixpence …… spent
7 She as well as we …… highly satisfied with their work
8 Not only the earth but also the planets …… round the sun
A moves B move
9 Two thousand dollars …… wasted by him in the casino
A was B were
10 …… either of them ready to go there?
A Is B Are
11 Three Comrades …… a novel by Remark.
12 Bread and butter …… his usual breakfast
13 If either of them …… a leave now, we won't be able to finish the project
14 My aim and objective …… to make English grammar clear to everyone
15 I can wait, four weeks …… not so long
16 The grey and blue blanket …… washed today
17 A variety of questions …… put to the lecturer
18 The number of books which we have to read for the exams …… considerable
19 A great number of students …… present at the conference
20 The great majority of writers, painters, and architects …… talented people
Exercise 2
1 Nora and I …… great friends
2 …… there three patients due today?
3 Laughing and giggling …… John's Granny
4 Here, in the desk, of all places, …… the thermometer and the screwdriver
5 Candlelight and wine …… a touch of romance to the party
6 A black and white dog …… guarding the house
7 A black and a white dog …… sitting on the porch
8 The Dean and Lexicology lecturer …… in the lecture theatre
9 The director and the manager …… signed the contract
10 The cheese and the butter …… in the shopping bag
11 Whisky and soda …… his favourite drink
12 For supper there …… fish and different vegetables to eat
13 There …… cakes and tea for breakfast
14 Cleopatra, as well as her entire retinue, …… eager to meet Caesar
15 Cleopatra and her entire retinue …… eager to meet Caesar
16 New York, together with all the other states, …… for President
17 Ellen, as well as her friends, …… classical music
18 The soldiers, along with their commander, …… the bivouac area
19 The bacon and the eggs …… in the fridge
20 My cousin with his workmate …… visiting us today
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1 David and his wife …… just come
2 All of the cake …… eaten
3 All the candidates …… to do their best
4 Every plant and animal …… its own ecological niche
5 The committee …… agreed on many points
6 The committee …… been appointed for a second term
7 After consulting, the jury …… its verdict
8 The jury still …… on many points
9 The team …… time to learn to cooperate with one another
10 The team wearing black and red …… the ball
11 The crew …… divided the loot among themselves
12 The crew …… well-trained
13 The family of ducklings …… when the cat approaches
14 His family now …… rather big
15 All …… clear
16 All …… happy
17 The staff of this bank …… very competent
18 Our staff …… visiting theatres, restaurants, different presentations from time to
time
19 The public …… and ……
20 The council …… been promising to mend the fences, doors and windows for years
Exercise 4
1 Visiting relatives …… done on special occasions
2 Flying planes …… dangerous
3 It …… me to see so much misery in the world
4 Walls of glass …… much modern architecture
5 In many species, the male, as well as female, …… for the offspring
6 A backpack, a canteen, and a rifle …… issued to each recruit
7 Drinking and driving …… a major cause of highway fatalities
8 Fried ham and grits …… Diane's idea of a great breakfast
9 His closest friend and political ally …… his brother
10 Laws, rules, or convention …… most of our everyday decisions
11 The football team …… beginning to quarrel with one another when the manager arrived
12 There …… a table, four chairs, and a sofa in the room
13 The committee …… arranged a new series of programmes
14 The jury …… been unable to decide upon a verdict
15 He inspected each of the cars which …… in the garage
16 Fiona, along with her friends, …… planning a party
17 Each generation …… its own slang
18 That generation …… sold their souls for money
19 The crew …… experienced pilots
20 This bunch …… whispering excitedly
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1 Measles still …… many Americans
2 A pair of jeans …… what I need to buy
3 These trousers …… very good
4 …… your glasses expensive?
5 There …… a lot of news in the e-mail
6 The customs …… at the end of the terminal
7 Where …… your linen come from?
8 …… furniture sold here?
9 The cattle …… in the fields now
10 Diabetes …… an illness caused by too much sugar in the blood
11 His earnings …… quite good
12 What …… the weather like in London now?
13 Dice …… used in many games
14 Your progress …… everybody happy
15 Work …… the best cure of all the problems
16 Her clothes …… chic and …… a fortune
17 Martha's poultry …… the best in the village
18 How …… the wounded?
19 The goods …… checked regularly
20 The contents of the contract ……
Exercise 6
1 Dice …… us interesting things
2 All the floor sweepings and potato peelings …… carried away into this particular chute
3 Your hair …… fast
4 Neither my roommate nor my parents …… going to vote
5 Neither you nor Maria …… among the invited
6 Either you or I …… wrong
7 Either the defendant or the witnesses …… lying
8 Of the two jobs, neither …… much appeal
9 Neither Boris nor his sisters …… to enter University
10 Either my mother or I …… breakfast each morning
11 Either of these buses …… past my college
12 The number of Congress members …… about 400
13 An enormous number of photographs …… taken
14 The number of books in this library …… great
15 A number of new dictionaries …… on sale now
16 Mathematics …… not always an exact science
17 The mathematics (calculations) of the project …… not quite exact
18 Statistics …… a course many students really dread
19 The statistics of that study …… highly questionable
20 A great variety of whisky …… produced in Scotland
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1 The variety of magazines on sale today …… amazing
2 A great variety of children's toys …… produced in the world
3 He tells me that most of Majorca …… mountains
4 Most of us …… strong views on life
5 Most Arabic speakers …… English
6 The amount of students grants at this University …… considerable
7 The percentage of young voters …… risen
8 A percentage of the work …… finished
9 A percentage of the reports …… finished
10 Sixty percent of the students …… working
11 Sixty percent of the work force …… absent
12 A (The) majority of teachers at our school …… women
13 That is what …… me
14 …… the children we live for
15 …… they who organized all this
16 The ten minutes …… up
17 Two plus two …… four
18 Two metres …… not enough for such a dress
19 Twenty years …… nothing in comparison with eternity
20 …… they, not you, who are at fault
Exercise 8
1 Twenty five dollars …… the price of the return ticket
2 "Seven Days" …… a very popular magazine
3 Just look! The lazybones …… sleeping again!
4 "Gulliver's Travels" …… my favourite book when I was a kid
5 What a butter-fingers Tom ……
6 The Netherlands …… a beautiful country
7 …… summons from the local police station
8 Broadcasting House …… the headquarters of the BBC
9 Ten kilograms …… a lot to lose in one month
10 Five minutes …… given to each speaker
11 Half of her fortune …… in jewels
12 Half of her jewels …… stolen
13 Half of the cake …… eaten
14 Half of the pies …… eaten
15 Statistics …… a very important science in the life of any society
16 Recent statistics on birthrate in this country …… not very encouraging
17 All of the money …… gone
18 All of the books …… lost
19 The number of homeless people …… great
20 A number of women now …… against the new trends in fashion