主谓一致练习题

主谓一致练习题

练习一

1. The old ____well looked after by the government in China. A. is B. are C. has been D. was

2. The secretary and manager ____very busy now. A. is B. are C. was D. were

3. Both the secretary and the manager _____agreed to attend the meeting. A. has B. have C. are D. was

4. Tom as well as two of his classmates _____invited to the party. A. was B. were C. have been D. had been

5. Either you or I _____going to the teachers? office after class. A. am B. is C. are D. will 6. Most of his spare time ____spent in reading. A. are B. were C. was D. have been

7. This is one of the best novels that ____appeared this year. A.have been B. has C. had been D. have 8. Ten thousand dollars _____quite a large sum. A.are B. is C. were D. have

9. About 20 percent of the work ____done yesterday. A. are B. is C. were D. was

10. Mr Smith， together with his children， ____arrived. A.are B. has C. is D. have

11. It ____I who _____leaving for London. A.is…is B. am…is C. is…am D. am…am

12. Not only Tom but also his wife ____fond of watching television. A. are B. were C. be D. is

13. When and where to build the new factory ____yet. A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided

14. Although the first part of the book is easy， the rest ______. A. are difficult B. has proved difficult C. is supposed difficult D. have been found difficult

15. That they were wrong in these matters _____ now clear to us all. A. is B. was C. are D. were

16. Half of his goods ____ stolen the other day. A. are B. were C. is D. was

17. Mathematics ____the language of science.

A. are B. are going to be C. is D. is to be 18. Each of the students _____ a Chinese-English dictionary. A. have B. has C. there is D. there are 19. They each ____ a beautiful handkerchief.

A. have B. has C. there is D. there are

20. Between the two rows of trees _____the teaching building.

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A. stand B. stands C. standing D. are 21. This pair of shoes ____made in Nanjing. A.is B. are C. have been D. had been

22. No one except my parents _____anything about it.

A. know B. knows C. is knowing D. have known 23. A number of students _____from the south. A. are B. is C. have D. has

24. The number of students from the north ____small. A.are B. is C. have D. has

25. Writing stories and articles _____what I enjoy most， A.is B. are C. was D. were

26. His “Selected Poems” _____first published in 1965. A.were B. was C. has been D. are 27. Miss Smith is a friend of ______.

A. Mary?s mother?s B. Mary?s mother C. Mother?s of Mary D. Mary mother?s 28. A good deal of money ____spent on books.

A. have B. has C. have been D. has been 29. On the wall _____ two large portraits.

A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. hanging 30. _____turn green in spring.

A. Leaf B. Leafs C. Leave D. Leaves

31. Father went to his doctor for ____about his heart trouble. A. an advice B. advice C. advices D. the advices 32. All but one ____here just now.

A. is B. was C. has been D. were

33. The number of people invited __fifty, but a number of them __absent for different reasons. A. were； was B. was； was C. was； were D. were； were 34. The air in big cities _____very dirty by factories. A. are often made B. is often made C. have often made D. has often made 35. Nobody ____to smoke in the cinema.

A. allows B. allow C. is allowed D. are allowed 36. The Chinese people _____hard-working and brave. A. are B. is C. has been D. are being 37. ____can be done _____been done.

A. All； have B. All that； have C. All； has D. All that； has 38. John has two brothers， but either ____out of work now. A. are B. is C. has D. have

39. The police ____the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre. A. is searching for B. were searching for C. are searching for D. were searching 40. Apples of this kind ____.

A. tastes good B. tastes well C. taste good D. taste well 41. Your trousers ____dirty，you must have _____washed.

A. is； it B. are； it C. are； them D. is； them

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42. Where ____rubbish， there are flies.

A. there are B. there is C. is D. there has 43. The Olympic Games ____held every ____years.

A. is； four B. are； four C. is； five D. are； five 44. Many a man _____ come to help us. A. have B. has C. is D. are

45. He is the only one of the students who _____elected. A. are B. have C. has D. is

46. Three-fourths of the homework _____today.

A. has finished B. has been finished C. have finished D. have been finished 47. Those who ___ in ___compositions， please hand them in this afternoon. A. hasn?t handed； his B. haven?t handed； their C. has handed； their D. have handed； his

48. Jane is one of the best students in her class who _____by their teacher. A. are praised B. is praised C. praised D. praising 49. The whole class _____the teacher attentively.

A. are listening to B. is listening to C. are listening D. is listening

50. The United States of America ____one of the most developed countries in the world. A. is B. are C. was D. were

练习二

1. About 60 percent of the students ___ from the south, the rest of them ___ from the north and foreign countries.

A. are/is B. are/are C. is/are D. are 2. Half of the workers here _____ under 30 _____.

A. is/years B. are/year old C. is/years old D. are/years of age 3. Now Tom with his classmates _____ football on the playground. A. play B. are playing C. plays D. is playing 4. The number of pages in this dictionary _____ about two thousand.

A. are B. has C. have D. is 5. Thirty dollars _____ too expensive.

A. are B. is C. were D. be

6. The audience __ so large that no seat was left unoccupied in the great hall. A. is B. are C. was D. has 7. The secretary and principal _____ at the meeting now.

A. are speaking B. is speaking C. were making a speech D. have a speech 8. \ A. wants to buy the book/his B. want to buy the book/their'

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C. will buy the book/one's D. wants to have the book bought/her 9. Nothing but one desk and six chairs _____ in the room. A. are B. is stayed C. is D. are left 10. Having arrived at the station, _____.

A. it was found that the train had left B. the train had left

C. the train was found left D. he found that the train had left 11. Between the two roads _____ a TV tower called \ A. stands B. standing C. which stands D. stand 12. Either of you _____ going there tonight.

A. will B. was C. is D. are 13. You as well _____ right.

A. I are B. I am C. as I am D. as I are 14. All but Dick _____ in Class Three this term.

A. are B. is C. were D. was 15. -- Shall I wait here for three hours?

--Yes. Three hours _____ to wait for such a doctor.

A. are not very long for you B. is not long enough for you C. was not long enough for you D. will be too long for you

16. Where to get the materials and how to get them _____ at the meeting. A. have not discussed B. have not been discussed C. has not discussed D. has not been discussed

17. I took mathematics and physics because I think that _____ very important for me to make further research in this field.

A. what is B. they are C. this D. which are 18. Every student and every teacher _____.

A. are going to attend the meeting B. have attended the meeting C. has attended the meeting D. is attended the meeting

19. Three fourths of the bread ____ by Bob, and the rest of the bread ____ left on the table. A. was eaten/were B. were eaten/wasC. were eaten/were D. was eaten/was 20. This pair of shoes _____.

A. is her B. is hers C. are hers D. are her

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