Avoiding Errors with Nouns Singular in Meaning but Plural in Form
Directions:
Underline the word that correctly completes each sentence below.
Example:
Physics (is, are) my favorite subject this semester.
- The good news (is, are) that Rental World reports a profit of $42 million
this year.
- Electronics (interests, interest) Elena.
- Kim’s jeans (is, are) in the wash.
- Scissors used for a variety of tasks quickly (becomes, become) dull.
- The binoculars I would like to buy (costs, cost) more than forty dollars.
- Fish Springs, Utah, (is, are) sometimes so quiet that fish can be heard
spitting at passing insects to bring them down into the water.
- Your glasses (is, are) on the kitchen counter.
- Linguistics (is, are) the major Gary has chosen.
- Red trousers (is, are) part of the butchers’ uniforms at Trim Right
Meats.
- Mathematics (is, are) easy for Kerry.
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