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Subject-Verb AgreementScore:/ 15 Day: __________________Date: ___________________A. A singular subject takes a singular verb:My sister Susie 0. __is__ (be) a fitness buff. She 1. ___________ (go) for a walk before she 2. _____________ (leave) for work and 3. ________ (pop) by the gymnasium after work. B. A plural subject takes a plural verb:Many people 1. __________ (know) that vitamins 2. ___________ (help) to maintain a healthy body. These nutrients 3. _____________ (be) needed to help our bodies 4. ________________ (function) better. C. The pronoun ‘you’ always takes a plural verb:One of the ways to stay healthy is you 1. __________ (need) to cut down on your sugar intake. You 2. ______________ (be) to be more careful about what you 3. _____________ (eat) and 4. _____________ (drink) . D. When ‘either … or’ or ‘neither … nor’ is used, the verb agrees with the subject close to it:Either Cindy or her sisters 1. ___________ (be) going to the seminar.Neither the nurses nor the doctor 2. _________________ (realise) that the patient is conscious. Neither Adnan nor his children 3. _____________ (know) that one of their neighbours’ house has been broken into. E. When ‘except’ is used, the verb agrees with the subject in the main clause:All the students except the class monitor are punished for making noise.All the family members except John 1. ________ (be) short-sighted. 1Exercise 2 : Complete the following passage with the correct form of the verbs from the box below. Some verbs may be repeated. / 15 begivegulpopenexceedcomprisecontainconsideraccompany “You are what you eat, from your head to your feet” so the jingle goes. Yet, how many of us are wise enough to let that jingle sink in before we (1) ______________ our mouths to a whole lot of junk food? Let us (2) _________________________ the meals that we order at fast food restaurants. First, observe the fries or potato chips. Before they reach our tables, they (3) ______________ first soaked in brine to give them a salty taste. Then, they are deep fried in hot oil. In the process, fat (4) _____________ absorbed into the fries. What ends up in our stomachs is food so saturated with fats and salt that the amount considerably (5) _______________ our daily requirement. Burgers (6) _____________ also packed with soluble fat, preservatives and artificial food flavourings. How about the mayonnaise and pickles that (7) ___________________ the burger? Does the addition of these two foods (8) _____________ us a balanced meal? Definitely not. Mayonnaise (9) _____________ rich in soil and salt, and pickled cucumbers are also prepared with salt as a major ingredient. To further damage our bodies, we (10) ______________ down carbonated drinks without giving a second thought to the sugar content in them. Do you know that a can of such drinks (11) ___________________ at least nine spoonfuls of sugar, or that the amount (12) ________________ 14.6% of its content? That amount (13) _________________ way above our daily requirement. In conclusion, the total calories of a fast food meal would be much more than what we (14) _____________ supposed to consume in a day! What ends up getting stored in your body (15) _____________ just fat. 2