Unit 8 agreement unit 8 agreement developing skills

Unit 8 Agreement
Unit 8 Agreement
DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
6 More than one gang member have been detained by
the police.
7 Some of the information you included was
inaccurate.
8 Four kilometres are quite a long way to run.
9 Most of the rice we eat are imported.
10 Either my brother or my sister have borrowed my
dictionary.
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has
is
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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
11 Each of the participants were given a certificate.
12 Raising children are not easy.
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is

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Unit 8 Agreement
DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
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Rewrite these sentences. Begin with the given words. The
first one has been done for you.

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Unit 8 Agreement
DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
1 Every flat in this building is furnished.
All ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________
2 ‘All of you have got it wrong,’ said Mr Tan to his students.
‘None of you ___________________________________ ,’
said Mr Tan to his students.
of the flats in this building are furnished.
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has got it right
Teacher’s notes

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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
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Has is grammatically correct. Have is more common
in informal situations. Do not accept have for this
question.
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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
3 These scissors are not sharp.
This pair of _____________________________________
_______________________________________________
4 All the people in the building have been evacuated.
Everyone _______________________________________
_______________________________________________
scissors is not sharp.
in this building has been evacuated.
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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
5 Everybody at the concert was impressed by the performance.
The audience ____________________________________
_______________________________________________
6 A lot of people have had that experience.
Many a person ___________________________________
_______________________________________________
was impressed by the performance.
has had that experience.
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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
7 A majority of students favour the proposal.
More than half of the students ______________________
_______________________________________________
8 John was there. His brother was there, too.
Both John ______________________________________
_______________________________________________
favour the proposal.
and his brother were there.
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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
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Use am/are/is , was/were , have/has or do/does to complete
the following dialogues. The first one has been done for you.

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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
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is
are
1 A: Who _________ the girl wearing glasses over there?
B: I have no idea. I’ve never seen her before.
2 A: I’d like to help Kevin, but I don’t know how.
B: A little encouragement _________ all he needs.
3 A: Excuse me, are there any cash machines nearby?
B: Sorry, there _________ none here.
is
Teacher’s notes

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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B
Grammar & Usage
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Teachers should remind students that none and none of
are different.
Although none can be singular or plural, it is almost
never used as singular unless it is used to mean no one.
E.g. None of our cars is operational.
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