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Exercise 1
1. Tom with dog_____ here now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
2. Tom as well as his dog_____ here now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
3. My old friends and colleague, John, _____ married.
A. has just got B. have just got C. just has got D. just have got
4. The singer and actor_____ coming now.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
5. The singer and the actor_____ coming now.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
6. Mathematics_____ difficult.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
7. Two billion dollars_____ not enough for the victims of the tsunami
A. was B. were C. is D. are
8. Three years in a strange land _____ like a long time for lonely people.
A. is seeming B. are seeing C. seems D. seemed
9. The film "Titanic"_____ very interesting.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
10. Cattle______ allowed grazing here now.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
11. None of this money______ me right now.
A. belong to B. belongs to C. belonged to D. belonging to
12. None of them______ right now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
13. Every student ______ willing to join the picnic now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
14. The number of students______ in creasing now.
A. are B. was C. were D. is
15. A number of students ______ playing table - tennis now.
A. are B. was C. were D. is
16. Physics______ her favorite subject at school.
A. are B. is C. was D. have been
17. They boy, with his two companions, ______ the cherry tree now.
A. has split B. have split C. is slitting D. are splitting
18. The write and poet______ going to preside over this meeting
A. are B. is C. have been going D. is to
19. Neither the mother nor the children______ aware of the danger.
A. were B. was C. is D. has been
20. She told me that she ______ happy for what he______
A. is feeling/ did B. was feeling/ had done
C. feels/ did D. has felt/ has been going
Exercise 2
1. If anyone______, tell him I`ll be back later.
A. was calling B. called C. call D. calls
2. Each of the boys______ a book now.
A. have B. has C. had D. are having
3. Two-thirds of the money______ mine now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
4. About sixty per cent of the students in this class ______ from China.
A. was B. were C. are D. is
5. A number of sheep______ eating grass now.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
6. The number of books in this library______ large.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
7. Either you or I ______ wrong.
A. am B. is C. are D. were
8. Neither my gloves nor my hat______ with this dress.
A. is going B. are going C. goes D. go
9. The poor living her______ help.
A. is needing B. are needing C. need D. needs
10. Several of the students ______ absent yesterday.
A. has been B. had been C. were D. was
11. The professor said that Vietnam ______ to South-East Asia.
A. has belonged B. has belonged C. belonged D. belongs
12. He______ he had read that story - book before.
A. told B.