Sự hòa hợp giữa chủ từ và động từ trong tiếng Anh

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A. Sự hòa hợp giữa chủ từ và động từ trong tiếng Anh

Thông thường, một chủ từ số ít sẽ đi với một động từ số ít. Tuy nhiên, nhiều lúc cũng rất khó khác định chủ từ ấy số ít hay số nhiều. Sau đây là một số nguyên tắc căn bản:

Bài tập bổ sung

Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form in each of the following sentences.

1. The United States ________ (lie) between Canada and Mexico.

2. Three years ________ (be) a long time to wait.

3. The old man with his dog ________ (pass) my house every morning

4. Mr. Thomas as well as his assistants ________ (arrive) here since yesterday.

5. That you win a good place at a prestigious university ________ (be) very admirable.

6. Neither her mother nor her father ________ (want) her to be a teacher.

7. Eight kilos of gold ________ (steal) from the bank yesterday.

8. The number of employees who ________ (not finish) their work yet ________ (have) to work on the weekend.

9. The levels of intoxication ________ (vary) from subject to subject.

10. The money that ________ (spend) on education every year is not enough.

11. Two weeks ________ (go) fast when you are on vacation.

12. That you enjoy the food I cook ________ (encourage) me a lot.

13. Measles ________ (be) cured without much difficulty nowadays.

14. A number of children ________ (sleep) in the bedroom now.

15. My mother and my father ________ (live) happily since they got married.

16. Many a student ________ (want) to study all day at school.

17. Nowadays many students ________ (like) playing games.

18. Mathematics ________ (be) considered as a difficult subject by many students.

19. Tom, together with his friends, ________ (want) to join the football team.

20. The teacher as well as her students ________ (disagree) with the new rule.

21. Most of the food ________ (prepare) by Jane’s mother.

22. Most of the students in class ________ (get) high scores in the test.

23. Our team ________ (be) the best. It has a good chance of winning.

24. There ________ (be) a van and two cars in the parking area.

25. Each package that is not properly wrapped ________ (have) to be returned to the sender.

26. Not only my younger sister but also my friends ________ (come) to my university.

27. Tom and Jerry _______ (be) very well known all over the world.

28. Both Jane and Laura ________ (cook) for their dinner party at this time yesterday.

29. After the accident, the injured ________ (take) to hospital yesterday.

30. Either you or I ________ (be) right.

Đáp án:

1. lies	2. is
3. passes	4. has arrived
5. is	6. wants
7. was stolen	8. haven’t finished – has
9. vary	10. is spent
11. goes	12. encourages
13. is	14. are sleeping
15. have lived	16. wants
17. like	18. is
19. wants	20. disagrees
21. is/was prepared	22. get
23. is	24. is
25. has	26. come
27. is	28. were cooking
29. were taken	30. am

Exercise 2. Choose the best word or phrase to complete in the following questions.

1. A large number of students in Chu Van An high school _______ English fluently.

A. speaks

B. is speaking

C. has spoken

D. speak

2. Five billion dollars _______  not enough to aid the victims of the earthquake.

A. was

B. were

C. is

D. are

3. A series of lectures _______ being presented at the Central Hall this week.

A. are

B. will be

C. has become

D. is

4. Beauty as well as health _______ failed her this term.

A. has

B. have

C. is

D. are

5. Two years in a strange country _______ like a long time for lonely people.

A. is appearing

B. has appeared

C. appears

D. appeared

6. Peter, with his two buddies, _______ the cherry tree now.

A. has split

B. have split

C. is splitting

D. are splitting

7. Bread and butter _______ what Jane asks for.

A. is

B. are

C. will be

D. have been

8. If anyone _______, tell them I will call when I come back.

A. was calling

B. called

C. call

D. calls

9. The film “Titanic” _______ very interesting and romantic.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

10. Mathematics _______ my favorite subject.

A. is

B. are

C. has been

D. have been

11. Neither the parents nor the children _______ aware of the danger.

A. were

B. was

C. are

D. has been

12. The Browns _______ in New York since they migrated to America in 2000.

A. are living

B. have lived

C. have been living

D. has been living

13. Each of the boys in my class _______ the football team.

A. joins

B. have joined

C. are joining

D.join

14. Neither of the restaurants we went to _______ expensive.

A. have been

B. are

C. was

D. were

15. Neither Mary nor her brothers _______ a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.

A. need

B. needs

C. is needing

D. has needed

Đáp án:

1. D	2. C	3. D	4. A	5. C
6. C	7. A	8. D	9. A	10. A
11. C	12. C	13. A	14. C	15. A

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