Exercise 30 (§§ 226–232, Pp. 100–102)
1. Fill each blank with am, is, or are.
1. England and the United States —— at peace.
2. Neither Arthur nor John —— right.
3. Either a saw or an axe —— necessary.
4. Either you or Dorothy —— going.
5. You and I —— going.
6. You and he —— going.
7. Is it Mr. Allen or is it his children who —— going?
8. Either he —— going or you ——.
9. Either you —— going or I ——.
10. The sum and substance of the article —— this.
11. Half the sheep —— missing.
12. A number of Italians —— present.
13. The number of Italians in this town —— small.
14. Mathematics —— my most difficult study.
15. The number of applicants —— not sufficient
16. A number of reasons —— alleged.
17. The jury —— in agreement.
18. The jury —— being charged by the judge.
19. The committee —— composed of five members.
20. The committee —— always wrangling with one another.
21. I, who —— only a beginner, cannot compete with Richards, who —— an expert.
22. He is one of those men who —— always out of work.
23. I am not a man who —— easily frightened.
24. Walter is one of the best fellows there —— in this town.
25. Is it the king and queen who —— coming?
26. Is it the king or the queen who —— coming?
27. They made me, who —— the shyest of mortals, respond to a toast.
28. A gift of four hundred books, eighteen maps, and ten plaster casts —— to be made to our school.
29. Vocal and instrumental music —— taught here.
30. Neither vocal nor instrumental music —— taught here.
31. Neither elementary nor advanced physics —— taught here.
32. Neither organic nor inorganic chemists —— trained here.
33. One or two pages —— missing.
34. Physics, together with algebra and Latin, —— taught the first year.
35. Stevenson’s “Memories and Portraits” —— lying on the table.
36. The insurgent general with ten of his followers —— said to have surrendered.
37. James, as well as his sisters, —— coming.
38. Six months —— a long time to wait.
39. A series of lectures —— given here every winter.
2. Make a list of ten collective nouns. Use them in sentences (1) with a singular verb, (2) with a plural verb. Explain the difference in meaning.
3. Use the relative who in ten sentences in which the antecedent is in the first or the second person.