Fractions Percentages AgreementSet 7

1Percent of the people in our town always ..... in local elections
2The Amazon valley is extremely important to the ecology of the earth. Forty percent of the world's oxygen ..... there.
3Percent of water in the world ..... salty.
4According to the announcement, only 30% of the applicants ..... selected for the next interview.
5This type of car gets great gas mileage.
6Two thirds of apples ..... been spoiled.
7The whole team ..... practicing day and night for the Championship Cup.
8Forty percent of the teams ..... their games at night.
9One-third of this article ..... taken up with statistical analysis.
10Half of his articles ..... peer-reviewed.
11(Quantitative Expressions) Half of the cake ..... eaten.
12CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTIONA quarter of people ..... unemployed.
13Thirty-percent of the presented video (is/are) entertaining.
14One half of the essay ..... all I could finish.
15Two-thirds of the test ..... about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.
16All of the broken glass (has, have) been cleared away from the walkway.
17Only one-third of the questions ..... by the student before the power got disconnected.
18Thirty percent of the mural on the wall ..... done by the students.
19Are these quarters?
20% of the computers in their company ..... CD-ROM drives.
21In addition, 29% of the staff members ..... there should be more parking spaces.
22Most of the information provided during the workshop ..... outdated or inaccurate.
23Exercise 12-Choose the best answer.A little practice in the evenings (help, helps) us play better.
24Most of the milk ..... spoiled after sitting on the counter.
25Which of the following sentences correctly applies the rule for words stating amount?
26Two-fifths of the troops ..... lost in the battle.
27One-third of students in my class ..... boys.
28One third of the students in this class ..... straight-A students.
29Two thirds of the chickens (have, has) flown the coop.
30Fifty-percent of our food ..... from plants.
31There (was / were) a great deal of confusion at the meeting.
32A bag of potato chips ..... 440 calories.
33Two-fifths of the vineyard ..... destroyed by fir
34Choose the correct completion."Statistics ..... a branch of mathematics."
35"How much do it cost?" has correct auxiliary
36The percentage of employees who called in sick and the number of employees who left their jobs within 2 years ..... reflective of the level of job satisfaction.
37A. Ten percent of the budget are allocated for training. b. Ten percent of the budget is allocated for training. c. The budget is allocated for training. d. Funds are allocated for training.
38Choose the phrase that needs correcting.About one-fifth of the American makes volunteer work each year.
39(Do, Does) eight ounces of that sports drink really help you when you are exercising?
40A bouquet of yellow roses (is, are) found in the bedroom.
41Choose the appropriate word:The information on Channel Six (is/ are) not always reliable.
42Two-thirds a cup of sugar ..... like too much for this recipe.
43Fifty percent of the pie ..... disappeared
44Is the sentence below grammatical?Milk, tofu and spinach are high in calcium.
45Two-thirds of the boys ..... passed.
46Three quarters of the tank ..... filled.
47A proportional share of the funds allocated for disaster relief ..... yet to be disbursed.
48According to Rule 8a, when should a singular verb be used with words that indicate portions?
49About 60% of students in this class ..... from China.
50The news about the children .....
51MISTAKE CORRECTION.Two thirds of the victims in the tsunami has remained missing.
52One-tenth of the village population ..... Filipino,
53Three out of four UK families ..... a car.
54Twenty percent of the class ..... absent today.
55The total expenditure ..... HK$ 20050.
56Two-thirds of the acid ..... evaporated.
57Three-fourths of the books ..... ready.
58A series of seminars ..... conducted.
59The news ..... by people of all ages every evening.
60One hundred meters ..... too near for a runner like Julio, so we should add more meters.
61Choose the incorrect word! More than half of the children in the 1,356-member district qualifies for reduced-price or free lunches.