EXERCISE I Subject Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement

1.	A number of students in UMY …. each year.
	A. increase B. increased C. increases D. has increased E. is increasing

2.	To face the globalization era in 2020, improvement in all sectors of the economy ……..
	A. highly necessitated B. is highly necessary C. the necessity is very high D. are necessarily high E. are highly necessitated

3.	The burden of economic problems … the majority of Indonesian people.
	A. have been frustrated B. deeply frustrate C. it is deeply frustrating D. has frustrated E. are frustrated

4.	Different interpretations on the same event by various newspapers ….. readers confused and angry.
	A. to make B. they make C. make D. it makes E. makes

5.	At the beginning of the semester, each of the students ……… given a new time-table.
	A. he is B. they are C. are D. is E. be

6.	Due to monetary crisis, the number of people without jobs ……… at the moment.
	A. increase B. is increasing C. increased D. was increasing E. will increase

7.	One of the problems faced by foreign businessmen …….. the frequent changing of regulations.
	A. are B. is C. is being D. to be E. be

8.	Due to the current financial condition, our budget plan for 1998/ 1999 ………..
	A. needs to review B. needs to be reviewed C. needs review D. is needed to be reviewed E. it needs reviewing

9.	The way he smiles and talks always ……….. many girls.
	A. to attract B. is attracts C. attracts D. attracting E. attract

10.	In the next poetry reading contest, each of the contestants ……… expected to be more critical and more accurate in pronunciation.
	A. is B. to be C. are D. being E. they are

11.	Five hundred miles ………. a long distance to drive in one day.
	A. to be B. they are C. are being D. is E. it is

12.	The increase in the sales of new cars …….. expected to make traffic jam worse.
	A. is B. being C. are D. to be E. be

13.	Producing fine paintings ……skill and creativity.
	A. require B. they require C. it is requiring D. requires E. it requires

14.	The number of illiterate people in our country …………. drastically.
	A. to decrease B. decrease C. has decreased D. they decrease E. it

15.	Neither the football players nor their coach ........... satisfied with the referee's decision.
	A. was B. being C. be D. he was E. were

16.	Although the boys have enough money, neither of them ……….. going on vacation.
	A. was B. were C. are D. have been E. is

17.	All the classmates of their only son …. invited to his birthday party.
	A. am B. be C. are D. being E. is

18.	The school has a lot of classroom, each of them …….. equipped with an overhead projector.
	A. are B. being C. is D. to be E. they are

19.	Neither the students nor the professor ………. happy about the result of the experiment.
	A. have been B. was C. to be D. are E. were

20.	An increase in the number of students …….. expected next year.
	A. are B. were C. is D. will E. was