S-V agreement & quantifiers
Choose the word anh phrase that best completes each sentences
1. Not one in a hundred seeds __ into a healthy plant, even under laboratory
conditions.
A. develops B. develop C. developed D. developing
2. He made __ mistakes in his composition.
A. a little B. a great deal of C. a few D. much
3. There weren’t __ shops in the village when I was there.
A. a great deal of B. many C. much D. many of
4. It cost them __ money to recover the painting.
A. a large number of B. many C. a great deal of D. quite a few
5. I don’t spend __ time reading books these days.
A. a few B. much C. many D. a lot
6. We haven’t got __ information about that strange tribe.
A. some B. many C. a few D. any
7. Two-quarters of the land __ sold to investors.
A. has been B. have C. have been D. were
8. Most of the fish I caught __ too small to bring home.
A. would B. was C. were D. being
9. She spends __ her money on fashionable clothes.
A. the most B. a lot C. most of D. many of
10 . ___ members of my family has a share in doing household chores.
A. Every B. Each of the C. All D. None of
11 . ___ her fiction describes women in unhappy marriages.
A. Many of B. Large number of C. Much of D. A great variety of
12 . ___ people applied for the job, so the interview was postponed.
A. Little B. Many C. Few D. A few
13. Don’t talk so __ about your success.
A. many B. much C. few D. a lot
14. He’s very busy with his business. He has __ time for his family.
A. little B. some C. a little D. much
15. Only __ people in this area have permanent jobs.
A. few B. a few C. a large number of D. a little
16. ___ of the candidates was given a problem to solve.
A. Most B. All C. Some D. Each
17. ___ cottage in the village has a flower garden.
A. A few B. Most C. Many D. Every
18. Teaching small children requires __ patience.
A. a number of B. a great deal of
C. a few D. a lot
19. Can you give me ___ on which computer to buy?
A. some advices B. an advice C. advices D. some advice
20. There __ a lot of antique in their house.
A. are / furniture B. is / furniture
C. are / furnitures D. is / furnitures