Subject-Verb Agreement 1
Either of the answers ( ) (be) correct.
Is
The equipment ( ) (be) damaged in the storm.
Is.
Can coordinate conjunctions be used at the start of a sentence?
Yes
What disease did we learn about?
The Smallpox.
Under the tree ( ) (sit) two little girls.
Sit
A number of tourists ( ) (visit) the museum this morning.
Visit
He wanted to go to the cinema, _____ his wife preferred to stay at home.
But
Why is Paul Revere more popular than the other riders?
Because of his name; Answers may vary
Both Lily and Tom ( ) (speak) fluent English.
Speak
The police ( ) (be) investigating the case.
Are
Combine the two sentences using noun clauses.
He didn’t come to the meeting. That surprised me.
The fact that he didn't come to the meeting surprised me. / That he didn't come the the meeting surprised me.
Explain the main procedure of how the smallpox vaccine works, using at least one noun clause
Answers may vary
For several weeks each year, more than 200 artists from 60 countries gather in Santa Fe to offer handmade masterworks. Every July, one of the world’s largest folk - art festivals ______ together artists from every corner of the globe for a vast and colorful international bazaar.
A. brings
B. bring
C. have brought
D. bringing
A
The number of tourists ( ) (be) about 500.
Is
Edit: Only if he exercises he will lose weight.
Only if he exercises will he lose weight.
Astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley worked out there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized exoplanets in the so-called “habitable zone” around their star, where temperatures are mild enough for liquid water to exist on the surface. There’s even a potentially Earth-like world orbiting our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. At just four light years away, that system might be close enough for us to reach using current technology. With the Breakthrough Starshot project launched by Stephen Hawking in 2016, plans for this are already afoot. The Breakthrough Starshot project ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) was designed to search for Earth-sized planets in the “habitable zone.”
B) intends to send spacecraft to the Proxima Centauri system in the future.
C) wants to prove that life appeared in the Proxima Centauri system soon after it formed.
D) is trying to show that humans can survive on a planet circling Proxima Centauri.
B
Kite - flying has a long history in Japan: according to legend, the first kites flew nearly 1,400 years ago. Since that time, kite - flying ______ a delightful tradition.
A. had remained
B. has remained
C. remained
D. remains
B
Everyone in the class ( ) (have) finished the homework.
Has
Even though the WHO team faced war zones and cultural opposition, they persisted because they knew that a world which is free of small pox was possible.
Analyze this sentence, find the clauses.
"Even though the WHO team faced war zones and cultural opposition" "they persisted" "because they knew that a world which is free of small pox is free of small pox was possible" "that a world which is free of small pox is possible" "which is free of small pox"
It is estimated that over 5 million slaves were transported from Africa to Brazil before Brazil abolished slavery in 1888; it was the last country in the Western Hemisphere to do so. Escaped slaves formed small, tight-knit communities called quilombo in inaccessible regions and typically survived through farming and raiding. Even after slavery officially ended, the residents suffered prejudice and persecution for their race. Today, there are still about 5,900 quilombos scattered in remote areas around the country. Therefore, it is most likely to be true about modern-day quilombos that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) a large percentage of the residents are descendants of slaves.
B) they do not have basic facilities such as electricity and running water.
C) residents of each quilombo seldom have contact with other quilombos.
D) the combined population of all the quilombos is about 5 million.
A