Exercise 1: Circle the best answer.

1. One of ____________ a goldfish bowl on her kitchen table.

        a. my friend keep                                                c. my friend keeps

        b. my friends keep                                              d. my friends keeps

2. Every ____________ love.

        a. man, woman and child needs                        c. man, woman and child need

        b. men, women and children needs                  d. men, women and children need

3. One of the girls who ____________ in this office  ____________ my niece

        a. works / is              b. works / are            c. work / is                   d. work / are

4. Neither Lan nor her parents ____________ the film.

        a. like                         b. likes                       c. is like                       d. are like

5. Each ____________ the same as the day before.

        a. days was               b. day was                 c. days were                d. day were

6. More men than ____________ left handed.

        a. woman are            b. woman is              c. women are               d. women is

7. Every one of the students ____________ on time for class

        a. is                            b. are                          c. were                          d. have been

8. There ____________ some money on the table.

        a. are                          b. were                       c. have been                d. is

9. This information about taxes ____________ helpful

        a. were                       b. have been             c. is                               d. are

10. The vegetables in the bowl on the table ____________ fresh.

        a. looks                      b. smells                    c. are                             d. is

11. Writing  ____________ her happy

        a. letter makes          b. letters makes        c. letter make              d. letters make

12. None of the money robbed from the banks last year ____________ yet.

        a. has been found    b. have been found  c. has found                 d. have found

13. My father and mother ____________ for the same company.

        a. works                     b. work                      c. is working                d. has worked

14. The elderly ____________ this kind of music, but the young ____________.

        a. don’t like / does   b. doesn’t like / does  c. don’t like / do     d. doesn’t like / do