Part Five Practice Your Grammar
Let’s read the following sentences and pay attention to the subject-verb concord（主谓一致）.
1.Grammatical Concord
1） Both boys have their own merits.
2） Many people want to go.
3） Each boy has his own book.
4） Much effort is wasted.
2.Notional Concord
5） Fifteen miles seems like a long walk to me.
6） The government have asked the country to decide by vote.
3.Principle of Proximity
7） My brother or my father is coming.
8） Neither Julia nor I am going.
Check Your Study
Task 1
Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences.
1.Domestic cattle provides us with milk, beef and hides.
2.Such vermin as bugs and rats is hard to get rid of.
3.The merchandise have arrived undamaged.
4.All the machinery in the factory are made in China.
5.The board of directors are responsible for the management of the firm.
Task 2
Complete each of the sentences with the proper form of the verb given in brackets.
1.To eat well（be）_______ all he asks.
2.Increasing their wages（require）_______ raised the crew’s morale.
3.There（be）______ three routes you can take.
4.It is me that（be）______ injured in the accident.
5.There（be）______ more grace and less carelessness.
6.Physics（be）______ an important subject in middle school.
7.Bread and butter（be）_______ his daily food for breakfast.
8.My house and home（be）_______ in Chongqing.