An exercise in English grammar. Subject verb agreement.
Select the correct form from the choices give in parentheses.
1. Neither of those chairs (is, are) safe to sit on.
2. A pile of ragged suitcases and untidy bundles (was, were) waiting for us on the dock.
3. Either the potatoes or the meat (have, has) a peculiar taste.
4. Neither the coach nor the players (feel, feels) very confident.
5. Professor Pine and his three daughters (is, are) arriving on today's train.
*answers will be provided in the next blog
This grammar topic has been driving me up the wall. It has also been frusterating the hell out of my decimo students (9th graders). So maybe you can be in solidarity with me and try the exercise. Perhaps the answers will even confuse you....
Off to class to make their heads spin with more grammar. More to come soon...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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