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Fractions Percentages AgreementSet 8

1A high percentage of the population ..... voting for the new school.

2Three-quarters of the cake ..... (be) gone.

3Almost two-thirds of the oranges in the crate ..... spoilt.

4Half of the newspaper (is/are) dedicated to sports.

5Half of people here .....

6Three fourths of the flowers in the garden ..... roses.

7These news ..... making people crazy.

8Choose the correct sentence based on Rule 10.

9Most of the milk .....? ..... spilled.

10Suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least ..... years of age.

11Most of the food ..... prepared by Puan Sabariah.

12Most of the ..... was taking the picture.

13More than 20% of the population A. has | B. have never learned to read or write.

14Which is the correct agreement with a percentage of a plural noun?

15Two-thirds of the lottery money ..... donated for the poor.

16Eighty percent of this test in mathematics (dealt,deals,deal) with fractions.

17Half of the book ..... about football.

18A. Seven twelfths of the men ..... another language.

19About 60% of students in this class ..... from the countryside.

20A phrase with "percent" (also majority, most, bulk, etc.) takes the singular verb when standing alone.Examples:The survey indicated that 65 percent was allocated to savings.Majority believes that the policy will boost the economy.

21Ninety-seven percent of the world's water ..... salt water found in the oceans.

22Six times five divided by two ..... fifteen

23Two cups of sugar (is / are) required for the cake.

24The information you gave me ..... helpful.

25Seventy percent of the voters ..... composed of ages 18-25.

26Seventy percent of Andrew's money ..... on groceries, monthly bills, and apartment rentals last month.

27Eighty percentage of his furniture ..... old.

28Fifty percent of the book ..... about the Vice-President story.

29One-third of the eggs in the box ..... rotten.

30Around 10 percent of the labor force work in agricultural production.

31% of the students ..... English. None of the money ..... mine.

32Half of the class ..... from another country

33Half of the marbles (has, have) been lost during the game.

34Ninety percent of the applicants has no call center experience.

35Two-fifths ..... part of a whole.

36Half of the food that we are serving to the guests ..... still in the refrigerator.

37Fill in the blank:The 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. (Use the correct form of the verb to agree with the compound subject.)

38Are they 10?

39Two-thirds of the pantry (a) full.

40A quarter of the employees ..... from home at least twice a week.

41Over fifty percent of Thai people .....

42The research found that three quarters of the money ..... spent on rent, gas and water.

43Subject-Verb Agreement (Concept Traps): Bread and butter ..... served for breakfast in this hotel.

44Numbers less than one are treated as singular in most instances.Examples:Based on projections, 0.5 basis point is the expected decrease in interest rates.According to the latest report, 0.8 percentage point was the estimated decline in manufacturing last year.

45"One in four schools participates in the competition."This sentence is grammatically .....