Question

[Quỳnh Như]

Use the correct verb tense or form :

1. Rickets …………… a children’s disease cause by a lack of vitamin D. (be)

2. Measles …………… a dangerous disease for pregnant women. (be)

3. Statistics …………… a difficult course for people to understand. (be)

4. Statistics …………… that approximately 40 percent of all marriages in the Unites States ……………… in divorce. (show / end)

5. The United States ……………… of 50 states. (consist)

6. Two hours ……………. too long to wait, don’t you think ? (be)

7. Cattle ………………. to graze near the church. (allow)

8. The police …………………….. the thief recently. (arrest)

9. Peaches and cream …………… delicious. (be)

10. Peaches and cream …………… perishable and be refrigerated. (be)

11. The majority of the birds ………………. for winter. (migrate)

12. The majority of the homework ………………. useful. (be)

13. A number of books on U.S universities ………………. in the library. (be)

14. The number of books on U.S universities ………………. fifteen. (total)

15. Kara Walters, together with her classmates, …………………… a formidable opponent on the basketball court. (present)

16. Either the physicians in the hospital or the chief administrator …………. going to have to make a decision. (be)

17. …………… my boss or my sisters in the union is going to win the game ? (be)

18. Everyone selected to serve on this jury …………… to be willing to give up a lot of time. (be)

19. Three-quarter of the students …………… against tuition hike. (be)

20. John, as well as his younger sisters, ………… going to study at that school. (be)

21. Part of the money …………… to the charity. (go)

22. You and I …………. supposed to clean the room before Mom gets home. (be)

23. Either the President or the Vice ……………… signed the document. (have)

24. The outfits in the store window …………… very expensive. (be)

25. One of the antique bureaus ………………. valued at over ten thousand dollars. (be)

26. The gold necklace, as well as the two pairs of earrings, …………… for only 200 US$. (sell)

27. The leaves on the pear tree ………… bright green. (be)

28. On the other side of the town …………. a Chinese restaurant. (be)

29. Everyone who ………… to the shop and …………. something. (come / buy)

30. Each of the restaurant ………………… its own unique blend coffee. (offer)

31. The president as well as the trustees …………………. the proposal. (dislike)

32. Determination and discipline ………… necessary to master a foreign language. (be)

33. John is one of the people who ……………… successful in everything. (be)

34. Until last year grammatical errors, not organization ………. the instructor’s main concern. (be)

35. The floor and the ceiling ……………. to be repaired because of the flooding. (have)

36. The jury ……………. not in arrangement on the validity of the evidence. (be)

37. The number of careers Yoko can enter ………… very large. (be)

38. A great number of homework Ying can do everyday ………… very large. (be)

39. Neither of my two suitcases …………….. adequate for this trip. (be)

40. Everybody in this class ……………… their homework already. (do)

Answer 1

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40. has done