🧠 SINGULAR WORDS
Everybody ___ happy.
Answer: is
Everyone ___ to pass the exam.
A. want
B. wants
Answer: wants
Everyone are excited.
❌ are
✅ is
Everybody in the classroom ___ ready.
A. is
B. are
C. be
D. being
✅ Answer: A. is
Is someone grammatically singular or plural?
Answer: Singular
Everybody ___ happy.
A. is
B. are
Answer: A. is
Somebody want to speak with you.
❌ want
✅ wants
Everyone in the two classes ___ an exam today.
A. take
B. takes
C. taking
D. have taken
✅ Answer: B. takes
Name three words from Skill 23 that are grammatically singular.
Answer: Any three: everybody, anyone, nobody, someone, each, every, etc.
Nobody ___ the answer.
A. know
B. knows
Answer: B. knows
Nobody know the answer.
❌ know
✅ knows
Each of the students ___ a computer for the activity.
A. need
B. needing
C. needs
D. have needed
✅ Answer: C. needs
Which is grammatically singular: people / everyone / students?
Answer: everyone
Each student ___ a textbook.
A. have
B. has
Answer: B. has
Each of the students have a computer.
❌ have
✅ has
Someone in the classrooms ___ forgotten his or her notebook.
A. have
B. has
C. having
D. are
✅ Answer: B. has
Explain why everybody can refer to many people but still take a singular verb.
Answer: It has plural meaning but is grammatically singular.
Everything in the classrooms ___ ready.
A. is
B. are
Answer: A. is
Everybody in the two classes are taking the exam.
❌ are
✅ is
Everything that the students need for the final project ___ available in the laboratory.
A. are
B. have
C. is
D. were
✅ Answer: C. is