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ANSWER KEY FOR THE THIRD (3RD) 50-ITEM QUIZ WITH EXPLANATIONS AND SOLUTIONS◆
PART 1: ENGLISH
1. The guest speaker, together with the visitors, ____ arrived.
A. has√ B. have
●(Intervening prepositional phrases like 'along with', 'together with', 'as well as', do not affect the subject)●
●(The guest speaker has arrived)●
2. The trousers ___ on sale until the end of the year.
A. is B. are√
●(Plural forms of nouns take on plural verbs, unless they are introduced by the expression 'a pair of'.)●
3. Neither of the five shirts ___ black.
A. is√ B. are
●(The pronouns 'neither' and 'either' are singular and require singular verbs eventhough they seem to be referring, in a sense, to two things.)●
4. It was not the agents, but the supervisor that ___ provoked the customer to complain.
A. has√ B. have
●(If the sentence consists of both positive and negative subjects, the verb should agree with the positive subject.)●
5. My friend and teacher ___ to read.
A. like B. likes√
●("And" requires a singular verb if it refers to the same subject; plural when it refers to different subjects.)●
6. I ______ him a glass of water.
A. bought B. brought√
●('Brought' is the past tense of 'bring'.)●
●('Bought' is the past tense of 'buy'.)●
7. Some of the mail ___ open.
A. is√ B. are
●(Some indefinite pronouns such as 'all', 'none', 'some', are singular or plural depending on what they're referring to.)●
8. Each of these children ____ the answer by-heart.
A. know B. knows√
●('Each', 'every', 'either', 'neither' take a singular verb.)●
9.Neither the visitors nor his nephew ___ responsible for the inconveniences at the party.
A. is√ B. are
●(The expressions 'either..or', 'neither..nor' take the clue from the nearest subject)●
10. He is going to _____ some cake to Joe's house for his birthday party.
A. bring B. take√
●(We 'take' things to the place we are going to. We 'take' them from the place where we are to another place. 'Take' is used in relation to a starting point.
OR
Use 'take' to talk about movements to all other places.)●
11. One of my friends ___ to go to London.
A. want B. wants√
●(The phrase 'one of' requires a singular verb.)●
12. A pair of scissors ___ what he needs.
A. is√ B. are
●(Plural forms of nouns take on plural verbs, unless they are introduced by the expression 'a pair of' -- which requires a singular verb.)●
13. My friend and my teacher both ___ to read.
A. like√ B. likes
●("And" requires a singular verb if it refers to the same subject; plural when it refers to different subjects.)●
14. Either Jimmy or we ____ taking the examination.
A. is B. are√
●(The expression 'either..or', 'neither..nor' take the clue to the nearest subject)●
15. Apple records ___ in New York.
A. is√ B. are
●('Titles of books, movies or companies' require a singular verb.)●
16. The crowd _____ the show.
A. appreciate B. appreciates√
●(Collective nouns like 'team', 'staff', 'group', 'family', 'crowd', 'audience', 'army', etc. require a singular verb if they mean collectively, and plural, the members of the group are thought of as acting separately.)●
17. Either plan ____ fine with me.
A. is√ B. are
●(The pronouns 'neither' and 'either' are singular and require singular verbs eventhough they seem to be referring, in a sense, to two things.)●
