Daha önce YDS’ye yönelik dil bilgisi konularını anlattığımız yazılarımızda Subject Verb Agreement konusunu ayrıntılarıyla ele almıştık. Bu defa Subject Verb Agreement YDS Exercises başlığı altında sizlerle bu konuyla ilgili alıştırmaları paylaşmak istedik. Cevap anahtarı yazımızın son kısmında yer alıyor. Bu yazımızda Subject Verb Agreement YDS testine ve alıştırmalarına erişeceksiniz.
A- Analyse the sentences below and decide if they are correct or not. If they are incorrect, say what is wrong with them.
- The plants in the backyard needs to be watered.
- The desks in the classroom are quite uncomfortable.
- Most of the people in the hall was not paying attention.
- It seems that every detail have been considered.
- Everybody know the rules but nobody is following them.
- Each package that is not properly wrapped has to be returned to the sender.
- The evidence in these statistics are clear.
- The first questions on the test were quite easy.
- Neither of these statements seem false.
- The first thing we noticed was her shoes.
- Everybody on the team are expected to be here tomorrow morning.
- Physics in my class at the university was very difficult for me to learn and understand.
- A box of cigarettes made from imported tobacco leaves were sitting on the desk.
- Either of the alternatives seems to present major difficulties.
- Fifty percent of the computers in the lab has CD-ROM drives.
- The number of students registered in this class are 24.
- There have been many famous stories about ghosts.
- Five hundred dollars is too much to rent this house.
- The news from the scene are bad.
- Reactions to the annual play has been favorable.
B- Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be corrected.
- The first steps(A) of scientific research(B) is to decide(C) how to(D) gather data.
- Vibrating(A) or shaking rapidly(B) often cause(C) noise(D).
- One of the reasons(A) that English-dubbed movies often seem(B) silly are(C) that the gestures don’t match(D) the speech.
- A ray of light passing through(A) the center of a thin lens keep(B) its(C) original direction(D).
- Much of the(A) beautiful spring colour(B) in the mountain meadows come(C) from the flower(D) of the wild lupine plant.
- A social worker genuinely like(A) people, and has(B) a calm(C) and comfortable manner(D).
- The adult flea of both sexes(A) eat(B) only blood and can survive away from its(C) host for weeks(D) without eating.
- Some people(A) prefers(B) urban living; others(C) don’t(D).
- The economies(A) of many(B) OPEC nations(C) is(D) primarily oil-based.
- Workers(A) who repair(B) the road surface(C) wears(D) special jackets for easy identification.
- One of the most important discovery(A) of the 19th century(B) was(C) a method(D) of using natural gas for cooking and heating.
- The Netherlands, a country with much of (A) the land lying lower than the sea level, have(B) a system of(C) dikes and Canals for controlling(D) water.
- Soybean(A), which sometimes grow(B) seven feet(C) tall, have(D) thick, woody stems.
- The “Last of Mohicans” are(A) a(B) famous book about frontier(C) life(D) by American author James Fenimore Cooper.
- The symptom(A) of leukemia include(B) weakness, a general ill feeling(C), and fever(D).
- Aeronomy is(A) the study of the earth’s(B) upper atmosphere, which includes(C) their(D) composition, temperature, density, and chemical reactions.
- A thunderhead(A), dense clouds that rise(B) high into the sky in huge columns(C), produce(D) hail, rain or snow.
- Never before has(A) so many(B) people around the(C) world been(D) interested in football.
- Not one(A) in one hundred children(B) exposed to the disease are(C) likely to develop symptoms(D) of it.
- Anyone(A) reproducing copyrighted works(B) without permission of the holders(C) of the copyrights are(D) breaking the law.
Subject Verb Agreement Test
| 1. – 6. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz. |
- The vast majority of physical education programs —–.
A) at university which requires students to be hardworking
B) offer an undergraduate course in measurement and evaluation
C) was developed last year so that instructors could lecture well
D) as a result of radical alterations in the curriculum
E) determines one student’s achievement throughout the year
2. Being punctual for a job interview —–.
A) were so highly respected in the United States
B) signal whether the person will be employed
C) whatever happens to the company’s board
D) is important to make a good impression
E) require a good command of computer literacy
3. Stress, being one of the main problems of modern life, —–.
A) cause lots of people to have serious mental ills
B) were once seen as a good method to get over malaria
C) stems from a variety of factors ranging from routines to high cost of living.
D) are controversial among psychologists nowadays
E) which is considerably troublesome for today’s human beings
4. There are a lot of factors —–.
A) which contributes to one’s success in life
B) where it triggers a huge amount creativity
C) that lead to increase of crimes in big cities
D) are a great concern to the government
E) who has a significant role on shaping a child’s behaviour
5. —– is to be included in the honor list of my class.
A) Those who like being praised by others
B) Any student whose all scores are above 70
C) It all came out of desperateness of Mr. Ford
D) The ones with enough motivation to pass the course
E) Neither Jack nor his friends from the same neighbourhood
6. The continuous noise of the cars going by Jill’s hotel room —–.
A) make the owner of hotel so anxious about the safety
B) regulations require hiring at least two bellboys
C) generally keeps her awake all night
D) were one of the fears she had during her childhood
E) have recently been stopped by the officials
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The use of English naturally brings with it American culture, which (7) —– our lifestyle from food to fashion. The American way of life is now everywhere and (8) —– a magnetic influence on young and old in countries as far apart as China and Argentina. Many Europeans (9) —– that their culture will be swamped by inferior American products. Hollywood is one example: about 75 % of all feature films seen in Europe (10) —– American in (11) —– and the European film industry faces the threat of extinction.
7.
A) are influencing
B) was influenced
C) have influenced
D) influence
E) influences
8.
A) exert
B) was exerted
C) are exerting
D) exerts
E) have exerted
9.
A) worries
B) worry
C) are worrying
D) were worrying
E) have worried
10.
A) has been
B) were
C) is
D) are
E) would be
11.
A) originally
B) originate
C) origin
D) original
E) originality
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Somewhere in the world, every hour of every day, The Flintstones (12) —– being broadcast. An incredible 300 million fans (13) —– in to watch it regularly. Whether you like them or not, Fred, Wilma, and their neighbours, Barney and Betty, Rubble, (14) —– impossible to avoid. Recently, all 166 episodes were broadcast non-stop on television across the USA. Not bad for a cartoon which (15) —– badly received by the critics on its first run 38 years ago. Cartoonists Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera are the men (16) —– for it.
12.
A) were
B) is
C) have been
D) are
E) would be
13.
A) tunes
B) has been tuning
C) was tuning
D) has tuned
E) tune
14.
A) was
B) has been
C) are
D) is
E) had been
15.
A) would be
B) has been
C) are
D) were
E) was
16.
A) responsible
B) responsibly
C) responsibility
D) responsive
E) response
Subject Verb Agreement Test -2-
| 1. – 5. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. |
The American Constitution has been important in shaping the American character, and (1) —– helped to create a society which (2) —– the freedom of the individual person most highly. This is expressed simply in the words of the Constitution which states that all people (3) —– the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. When Americans talk about “freedom”, they (4) —– this idea of the individual person who (5) —– free to pursue his own life, without being controlled by government, church or aristocracy. This is the idea of freedom which led people to seek a new life in America as settlers, it was the basis of the Declaration of Independence, and it is still very important to Americans today.
1.
A) was
B) is
C) were
D) have
E) has
2.
A) is valued
B) value
C) values
D) have been valuing
E) were valuing
3.
A) has
B) have
C) is
D) was
E) had
4.
A) means
B) are meaning
C) has meant
D) mean
E) were meant
5.
A) were
B) has
C) have
D) are
E) is
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This custom of saying”God bless you” to someone suffering from a cold and given to the occasional sneeze (6) —– back to an old belief. The essence of this superstition is centered in the belief that a demon lay within the sick person and (7) —– the illness. The soul of the sick person, it was believed, (8) —– somehow possessed and needed to be exorcised. The only way to get rid of the demon was by sneezing but this also had inherent dangers. A person who sneezed was thought to be close to death because sneezing could also expel the soul from the body. Therefore, whenever people (9) —–, the name of God is evoked as a prayer and blessing that the demon and not the soul (10) —– expelled.
6.
A) are tracing
B) is tracing
C) traces
D) trace
E) were traced
7.
A) are going to cause
B) would be caused
C) is caused
D) cause
E) causes
8.
A) are
B) was
C) have been
D) is
E) will be
9.
A) sneezes
B) are sneezing
C) sneezed
D) sneeze
E) will sneeze
10.
A) has been
B) are
C) have been
D) is
E) were
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11. Neither the right to vote nor equal opportunity for getting a job —–.
A) were abolished due to the male representatives in the parliament
B) both account for the gap between men and women in a society
C) are about to be changed drastically in the following years
D) is accepted thanks to the female members of the government
E) has been an easy accomplishment for the American women
12. What we have been experiencing in Turkey —–.
A) are one of the personal interests
B) have taken a serious turn in the recent years
C) results of the inefficient economic policies
D) is a classic of continuous hyper-inflation
E) serious effects on the psychology of the Turkish citizen
13. —– poses a serious threat to company security.
A) All the staffs employed in the sales department
B) The leaking of the results of our market survey
C) Maria has recently found out that
D) Neil, a well-known artist, died recently in a terrible car crash
E) The Robsons involved in the case study
14. —– is 6,000 pages long and written in the obscure Indonesian language.
A) It is so much surprising to come across with one of my old friends
B) The story, about a pain of golden twins who descended from gods
C) What has been discovered recently is boy left alone in the Amazon area
D) The novels highly criticized by the authorities of art in Paris and London
E) Alfred Lord Tennyson, one of the authors from the early 17th century,
15. —– and directs the Garbage Project which was launched by the government.
A) The members of the parliament are about to pass The Act of Pension for the Disabled
B) It is just by chance to be appointed as the manager of the department at university
C) Dr. William Rathje teaches archeology at the University of Arizona in Texas
D) Anyone doesn’t know about the reason for Jason’s dismissal from work
E) Dorothy had been hoping to get a better paid job than her actual one
16. —– have all combined to make Berlin a difficult place to move about in.
A) Jeremy’s friends who were quite resistant to his brand-new car purchase are
B) The fact that the Browns, a very crowded family, decided to dwell in Berlin
C) Although you and the family have been living in peace in the capital of Germany for three years.
D) An imaginative story made up by Charles Dickens in the 19th century’s Berlin
E) Huge building sites, large-scale repairs of roads and the reconnection of the two halves of the city.
17. —– are P.A. and N.N.
A) The famous person searching the murder
B) Both the ministers have been decided to be investigated
C) It wasn’t our expectation to come up with such masterpieces
D) What led to the earthquake in the vicinity
E) The initials of these authors of this book
18. The manuscript written in the 17th century and believed by locals to be based on actual events —–.
A) are a matter of harsh disputes throughout the country
B) anticipated to be the most invaluable document in England
C) whether Jack would be dismissed from the workplace
D) has never been translated into English until the recent times
E) which comes out in the specific times of the year
CEVAP ANAHTARI
Exercise
A: 1- need, 2- O.K., 3- were, 4- has, 5- knows, 6- O.K., 7- is, 8- O.K., 9- seems, 10- O.K., 11- is, 12- O.K., 13- was, 14- O.K., 15- have, 16- is, 17- O.K., 18- O.K., 19- is, 20- have
B: 1- A, 2-C, 3-C, 4-B, 5-C, 6-A, 7-B, 8-B, 9-D, 10-D, 11-A, 12-B, 13-A, 14-A, 15-A, 16-D, 17-A, 18-A, 19-C, 20-D
Subject Verb Agreement Test: 1B 2.D 3.C 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.E 8.D 9.B 10.D 11.C 12.B 13.E 14.C 15.E 16.A
Subject Verb Agreement Test -2- : 1.E 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.E 6.C 7.E 8.B 9.D 10.A 11.E 12.D 13.B 14.B 15.C 16.E 17.E 18.D
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