Exercise 17. Use the correct form of the verb:

1. “War and Peace” (is/are) the longest book I have ever read.

2. Four from seven (is/are) three.

3. There (is/are) something that (worry/worries) me very much.

4. Six sevens (is/are) 42.

5. Nine divided by three (is/are) three.

6. Statistics (is/are) a branch of mathematics.

7. The statistics in that report on oil production (is/are) incorrect.

8. The Portuguese (is/are) fortunate to have such a beautiful coastline.

9. What (is/are) the contents of the note?

10. Supernatural phenomena (is/are) of great interest to many people.

11. The fish in the aquarium (is/are) waiting for their daily feeding.

12. The Himalayas (is/are) the eastern end of a great series of folded mountains.

13. The works (is/are) to be closed.

Exercise 18. Use the correct form of the verb:

1. Everyone of the fellows (is/are) present.

2. It is I who (am/is/are buying) this house.

3. Each and everyone of you (is/are) good.

4. None of the plants (has/have) grown very much.

5. More than one person (is/are) going to lose his job.

6. It is you who (is/are) always ready to help.

7. This article is one of the best sketches which ever (write).

8. It (to be) they who (to be) in charge of the mission.

9. The news (was, were) on the radio at 5 p.m.

10. The English (to have) control of the bridge.

11. The contents of the letter (is, are) familiar to me.

12. A month’s wages (is/are) in this pocket.

13. Some of the fruit in this bowl (is/are) rotten.

14. Some of the apples in that bowl (is/are) rotten.

15. Half of the students in the class (is/are) from Russia.

16. Half of the money (is/are) yours.

17. What percentage of the earth surface (is/are) covered by water?

18. What percentage of the people in the world (is/are) illiterate?

19. (Do/does) most of the students live in the dormitories?

Exercise 19. Use the proper form of the verb with phrasal and homogeneous subjects.

1. A hundred meters (to be) not far from the beach.

2. A number of police officers here (to work) with dogs.

3. Neither mathematics nor other sciences (to be) taught there.

4. The black and the white dress (to be) my Sunday best.

5. Neither Great Britain nor the USA (to export) oil.

6. The number of books stolen from the library (to be) unknown.

7. Fifty minutes (is/are) the maximum length of time allowed for the exam.

8. A singer and composer just (to arrive) in the town.

9. The captain as well as the passengers (to be) out of danger.

10. One or two questions (to ask).

11. The bread and butter (to be) not for you.

12. Neither he nor I (to be) to blame.

13. Twenty dollars (is/are) an unreasonable price for the necklace.

14. The number of human skeletons found at the archeological site (is/are) seven.

15. Every day there (is/are) more than a dozen traffic accidents in the city.

16. An orange and black bird (is/are) singing in the tree.

17. Liver and onions (is/are) a meal detested by many children.