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Collective Nouns AgreementSet 35

1Is the following subject singular or plural: bouquet of roses

2How can collective nouns be treated in terms of verb agreement?

3Most of the stores on the first floor of the mall ..... clothing.

4The Committee on Ethics ..... every Friday.

5Select the correct verb.The prime minister ..... the head of state in most Caribbean countries.

6The team ..... playing its best this season.

7The board of directors ..... conducting a meeting.

8The people of Swaffham benefitted from John's good luck.

9The class ..... preparing for their final exams.

10In England, people ..... on the left side of the road.

11What verb should be used according to Rule 4?

12Select the best correction: When the hailstones destroyed the crop, he felt that his family is (c) left with nothing.

13Select the correct answer.All of the cats ..... drinking their milk.

14Do the family play the video game? ..... They watch TV.

15The band ..... turning their instruments nervously.

16The team ..... winning the match.

17All of our belongings (is, are) still unpacked.

18The committee ..... made a decision.

19Which sentence correctly pairs the subject 'The pack of hungry wolves' with a logical predicate?

20Choose the sentence that uses police correctly.

21The teacher, along with her students, ..... preparing for the play.

22Choose the verb that correctly completes the sentence below: My family ..... to the park every Sunday afternoon for a volleyball game.

23The team (have/has) won the championship.

24The group of friends ..... going to the concert together.

25Our class ..... at 09.00 a.m

26The children's choir is singing at the party.

27The National Park Service ..... begun a public transportation system to reduce traffic in the park.

28The ..... of grapes ..... ripe on the vine.

29Select the correct verb form for the sentence.The flock of birds ..... over the lake.

30The audience at the book signing ..... excited to meet the novelist.

31A network team ..... the news each day.

32The United States of America (a) going to conduct elections soon.

33The United States ..... a population of around 300 million.

34A gang of thieves ..... arrested.

35Choose the correct verb form to agree with the plural subject: The team of players ..... excited about the upcoming game.

36Identify the error in the following sentence: 'The group of students were excited about the trip.'

37Which revision corrects the subject-verb agreement error in the following sentence? "The group of students are meeting in the library."

38Identify the error: The group have decided to protest.

39Select the correct verb: The group of students (was/were) excited about the trip.

40The group (debate / debates) the order they would like to be in and why.

41True or False: In 'The committee decide on the new rules.', the subject-verb agreement is correct.

42Choose the correct verb: The committee of experts (has/have) reached a decision.

43My family ..... my birthday.

44The police ..... the thief recently. (arrest)

45Our class ..... great!

46A busload of tourists ..... in the park.

47My family ..... (has / have) different opinions about the plan.

48The team of players (celebrate) their victory.

49The team agreed that their strategy of fair play was ineffective against the constantly cheating Tyson High Tigers.

50Since its founding, the town (has, have) grown.

51Choose the verb that agreeswith the subject.The audience (laugh/laughs)at the funny movie.

52"The team are beginning to loose hope."This sentence is grammatically .....

53The bag of golf balls ..... for practice.

54A pack of lions ..... approaching the camp.

55A pair of trousers ..... all that I brought along

56Decide if it is correctly written or not. "The couple that got married seemed perfect for each other."

57Choose the verb that makes the sentence grammatically correct. The U.S. Senate (has, have) made several individual proposals for starting the Peace Corps.

58Nowadays, SHBS MUN team ..... (be) well-known in Shanghai.

59Of its members have been censured

60We always have ..... before we eat the main course.

61Which verb form should be used to complete the sentence: The group of friends ..... going to the movies.