Focus on nominals: practice grammar book for intermediate learners of English. Бочарова М.В - 57 стр.

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4. Fortunately the news wasn’t/weren’t as bad as we had expected.
5. The police wants/want
to interview Fred about the robbery.
6. Three days isn’t/aren’t
enough for a good holiday.
7. Where does/do
your family live?
9. England has/have
lost all its/their football matches this season.
10. Does/do
the police know about the stolen money?
11. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn’t/aren’t
sharp enough.
12. I’m going to take a taxi. Six miles is/are
too far for me to walk.
13. – Where is/are
the money? – It is/they are on the table.
14. Draughts is/are
played on board with black and white squares.
15. The office is closed. The staff is/are
on strike.
16. My binoculars is/are
not adjusted to the focus.
17. Genetics is/are
the study of genes.
18. Spaghetti cooks/cook
in about 8 minutes.
19. Hair grows/grow
about 1 cm a month.
20. The house was surrounded and the gang was/ were
arrested.
21. Aerobics involves/involve
a lot of exercise.
22. The youth was/were
more serious than the uncle.
23. Physics was/were
my favourite subject at school.
NB! A NUMBER OF.. , THE MAJORITY OF , A COUPLE OF… ,
A LOT OF…, THE REST OF… are quantifiers used with plural count
nouns, and so they take PLURAL verbs which agree with the main noun in
the plural:
There ARE a number of reporterS at the entrance.
TASK 84. Fill in the blanks with IS or ARE. In which cases is it possible to use
either?
A. 
     4. Fortunately the news wasn’t/weren’t as bad as we had expected.
     5. The police wants/want to interview Fred about the robbery.
     6. Three days isn’t/aren’t enough for a good holiday.
     7. Where does/do your family live?
     9. England has/have lost all its/their football matches this season.
     10. Does/do the police know about the stolen money?
     11. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn’t/aren’t sharp enough.
     12. I’m going to take a taxi. Six miles is/are too far for me to walk.
     13. – Where is/are the money?      – It is/they are on the table.
     14. Draughts is/are played on board with black and white squares.
     15. The office is closed. The staff is/are on strike.
     16. My binoculars is/are not adjusted to the focus.
     17. Genetics is/are the study of genes.
     18. Spaghetti cooks/cook in about 8 minutes.
     19. Hair grows/grow about 1 cm a month.
     20. The house was surrounded and the gang was/ were arrested.
     21. Aerobics involves/involve a lot of exercise.
     22. The youth was/were more serious than the uncle.
     23. Physics was/were my favourite subject at school.

NB! A NUMBER OF.. , THE MAJORITY OF , A COUPLE OF                              ,
A LOT OF           , THE REST OF… are quantifiers used with plural count
nouns, and so they take PLURAL verbs which agree with the main noun in
the plural:
There ARE a number of reporterS at the entrance.


TASK 84. Fill in the blanks with IS or ARE. In which cases is it possible to use
either?
A.

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