Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 # - Task for 2nd Meeting Softskill

Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.

1. Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to the play tonight.
Answer : Are
Reason : Are are used because there are two people namely bill and mary who are in dialogue so plural.

2. Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight.
Answer : Is
Reason : Is used because anything refers to a single object so that it becomes singular.

3. Skating (is/are) becoming more popular every day.
Answer : Is
Reason : Is used because the noun skating means singular so it is singular.

4. A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday.
Answer : Were
Reason : Were used because there were more than one reporter who attended the conference yesterday.

5. Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately.
Answer : Have
Reason : Because here the focus is on everybody as an individual who has a fever should go home as soon as possible. Everyone is singular.

6. Your glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night.
Answer : Was
Reason : Was used because of the fact the glasses left behind last night had happened. Was  is used in the first and third person singular past.

7. There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night.
Answer : Were
Reason : were used because there were more than one subject and it happened last night.

8. The committee (has/have) already reached a decision.
Answer : Have
Reason : Has been used because the committee is the third person plural.

9. A pair of jeans (was/were) in the washing machine this morning.
Answer : Were
Reason : were used because there is a word a pair of jeans so that it becomes plural.

10. Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions.
Answer : Have
Reason : Have is used because each student symbolizes more than one person so that the third person is plural.

11. Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning.
Answer : Make
Reason : Make is used because there is a conjunction and, and there is a singular breakfast verb.

12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that everything (was/were) in order.
Answer : Was
Reason : Was used because everything is a single noun so everything is singular.

13. The crowd at the basketball game (was/were) wild with excitement.
Answer : Were
Reason : Were used because the previous word was crowd which meant many people on the basketball court.

14. A pack of wild dogs (has/have) frightened all the ducks away.
Answer : Have
Reason : Have is used because a pack of wild dogs denotes more than one so that it is a plural third person.

15, The jury (is/are) trying to reach a decision.
Answer : Is
Reason : Is used because the jury is a collective noun so that it becomes singular.

16. The army (has/have) climinated this seetion of the training test.
Answer : Has
Reason : Has been used because army is singularly different from armies is plural, so army is singular.

17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (is/are) appalling.
Answer : Are
Reason : Are is used because the word the number of students shows more than one person so it is plural.

18. There (has/have) been too many interruptions in this class.
Answer : Have
Reason : Have is used because the word interruptions means plural.

19. Every elementary school teacher (has/have) to take this examination.
Answer : Have
Reason : Have is used because the word every elementary school teacher means is plural.

20. Neither Jill nor her parents (has/have) seen this movie before.
Answer : Have
Reason : Have is used because the sentence is spoken in the third person plural.



Note : " not all of the answers are correct, please forgive me because the writer is in the learning process. ".