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CAOT 31 - Business English

Identifying Subjects and Choosing Verbs.

Chapter 6 Homework Assignment

For each of the following sentences, cross out any phrase that comes between the subject and its verb. Then select the correct verb using your highlighter. 

1. Many websites on the government's prohibited list (provides, provide) games or amusement that employees may not access. 
2. The supervisor, together with two technicians, (is, are) working on the faulty circuit.
3. This company's supply of raw materials (comes, come) from South America.
4. A good many workers in addition to Jennifer (thinks, think) the work shifts should be rearranged.
5. Everyone except you and John (is, are) to repeat the test. 
6. The table as well as two chairs (was, were) damaged.
7. A list with all the customer's names and addresses (is, are) being sent. 
8. Other equipment such as our terminals and printers (needs, need) to be reevaluated.
9. One of the online shopping sites (has, have) a section devoted to clearance items.
10. Several copies of the report (is, are)being prepared for distribution.
11. The furniture, as well as all the equipment including computers, (is, are) for sale.
12. Effects of the disease (is, are) not known immediately.
13. Three salespeople, in addition to their district sales manager, (has, have) voiced the same suggestion.
14. Profits from his home business (is, are) surprising.
15. Every one of the potential businesses that you mention (sounds, sound) good.
16. A shipment of 8,000 drill sets (was, were) sent to four warehouses.
17. Everyone except the evening employees (is, are) coming. 
18. We learned that two subsidiaries of the corporation (is, are) successful.
19. Officials in several levels of government (has, have) to be consulted.
20. A letter together with several enclosures (was, were) mailed yesterday.

More Subjects and Verbs. For each of the following sentences, underline the subject. Then chose the correct verb by using your highlighter.

Suggestion: If you know that a subject is singular, temporarily substitute he, she, or it to help you select the proper verb. If you know that a subject is plural, temporarily substitute they for the subject.

1. The flow of industrial gods (travels, travel) through different distribution channels from the flow of consumer goods.
2. Here (is, are) the newspaper and magazines you ordered.
3. Coleman, Harris & Juarez, Inc., one of the leading management consultant firms, (is, are) able to accept our business. 
4. The books on the open shelves of our company's library (is, are) available to all employees.
5. There (appears, appear) to be significant points omitted from the report. 
6. The various stages in the life cycle of a product (is, are) instrumental in determining profits for that product. 
7. No one except the Cunninghams (was, were) able to volunteer. 
8. A member of the organization of painters and plasterers (is, are) unhappy about the recent settlement.
9. The size and design of its container (is, are) influential in the appeal of a product. 
10. Just one governmental unit from the local, state, or national levels (is, are) all we need to initiate the project.
11. American Airlines (has, have) improved service while cutting costs. 
12. Only two seasons of the year (provides, provide) weather that is suitable for gliding.
13. (Has, Have) the moving van of the Wongs arrived yet?
14. At present the condition of the company's finances (is, are) extremely strong as a result of the recent bond sale. 
15. Incoming luggage from three flights (is, are) now being sorted. 
16. The salary of Maria Chavez, along with the earnings of several other employees, (has, have) been increased. 
17. One of the best designs (appears, appear) to have been submitted by your student. 
18. Trying to improve relations between doctors and patients the American Medical Association, along with several dozen medical societies, (is, are) helping doctors embrace online consultations.
19. Certainly, the ease and convenience of shopping at any hour of the day or night - and getting fast deliver without ever leaving home - (is, are) very appealing.
20. Aggressiveness and delinquency in boys (is, are) linked to high levels of lead in their bones, according to a recent study.