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Part Six - Subject-Verb Agreement

Instructions: For items 11-15, choose the one that best completes each sentence.

11. The students, they ______ the answers, they ______.
A. is knowing, would know
B. know, would know
C. knows, would know
D. know, would knew

12. I ______ bring with you all about them.
A. was going to tell
B. am going to tell
C. is going to tell
D. I had to tell you all about them

13. At the moment of the accident, the man ______.
A. will see
B. saw
C. sees
D. would see

14. Last night, while we ______ a really unusual incident, I guess, we ______.
A. were taking up
B. were taking over
C. took, had seen
D. took, had saw

15. I said as ______ but ______.
A. is, not
B. is, not
C. was, not
D. was, too

16. Nathaniel has scored high in the examination, reference for the new study.
A. is to study
B. even though
C. otherwise
D. where as

17. The reported form of the statement "I like ice cream" is ______.
A. He said that he has liked ice cream
B. He said that he liked ice cream
C. He said that as I liking such cream
D. He said that he was liking ice cream

18. If the help ______, the experiment ______ sometimes afternoon.
A. had offered, would be completed
B. had been offered, would be completed
C. is offered, would be completed
D. is offered, will be completed

19. There were many mistakes in your dictation, ______.
A. weren't they
B. aren't they
C. were there
D. wrong

20. They really don't know ______.
A. where does the football game begin
B. where begins the football game
C. where the football game begins
D. where the football game has begun

21. They will leave the house as soon as they ______.
A. finish eating
B. finish to eat
C. will finish to eat
D. will they finish

Answer :

Here is the detailed explanation for each sentence completion question:

  1. The students, they ______ the answers, they ______.

The correct answer is B. know, would know.

Explanation: The word 'students' is plural, so we use the verb 'know'. The second part of the sentence requires the correct conditional form, which is 'would know'.

  1. I ______ bring with you all about them.

The correct answer is B. am going to tell.

Explanation: To indicate future action that you plan, you use 'am going to tell'.

  1. At the moment of the accident, the man ______.

The correct answer is B. saw.

Explanation: The sentence refers to a past event. Therefore, the simple past tense 'saw' is appropriate.

  1. Last night, while we ______ a really unusual incident, I guess, we ______.

The correct answer is A. were taking up.

Explanation: This is choosing the past continuous 'were taking up' to show an action that was ongoing in the past.

  1. I said as ______ but ______.

The correct answer is D. was, too.

Explanation: The phrase 'as was' and 'but was too' are used for contrast in the sentence.

  1. Nathaniel has scored high in the examination, reference for the new study.

The correct answer is B. even though.

Explanation: This creates a contrast between scoring high and some new study context.

  1. The reported form of the statement "I like ice cream" is ______.

The correct answer is B. He said that he liked ice cream.

Explanation: When reporting speech, the present tense 'like' changes to past form 'liked'.

  1. If the help ______, the experiment ______ sometimes afternoon.

The correct answer is D. is offered, will be completed.

Explanation: This is a first conditional sentence, using present tense in the "if" clause and future tense in the result clause.

  1. There were many mistakes in your dictation, ______.

The correct answer is C. were there.

Explanation: A tag question is formed by using the opposite form of the verb present in the main sentence.

  1. They really don't know ______.

The correct answer is C. where the football game begins.

Explanation: The correct word order for indirect questions is to place the subject before the verb.

  1. They will leave the house as soon as they ______.

The correct answer is A. finish eating.

Explanation: 'Finish eating' provides the correct tense alignment and completeness of the action expected.

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