English MCQs Topic S-V agreement [MCAT]

S-V AGREEMENT

spot the error :
in the following sentences some segments of each sentence are underlined.your task is to identify that underlined segment of the sentence which contain the mistake that needs to be corrected.fill the bubble / circle corresponding to the letter under the segment in the MCQ response form

1. Everywhere politicians of the most conservative and bourgeois kind is attempting to

                            a                                                                             b           c                                               rebuild  for themselves a compromised career.

                                 d


2. Another  example are yaws which until recently caused a great many deaths.                                     
        a            b          c                                                            d



3.The study of the population growth indicate one of the greatest paradoxes of our time.
                                                           a           b                                 c             d

4.You 're one of  the few lucky one who's going to die a really natural death.
      a          b                             c         d

5. At such times it were  not only the profligate  who ranged abroad, but even those who
                           a                                   b                                                       c                                                                                        
 were usually content to live with their lonliness.
    d

correction :
in each of the following questions, four alternative senrences are given.Choose the CORRECT one and fill the bubble / circle correspondig to that letter in MCQ response form.

6.a) The main reason for population increases is due to num of people who is born in any year being greater than the num who die.
b.). The main reason for population increases is due to num of people who are born in any year being greater than the num who die.
c. The main reason for population increases is due to num of people who is born in any year is being greater than the num who die.
d. The main reason for population increases is due to num of people who is born in any year being greater than the num who dies.

7 a) All they said were ,"You old rascal! Get out of here!"
b) All they said are ,"You old rascal! Get out of here!"
c) All they said was ,"You old rascal! Get out of here!"
d) All said was ,"You old rascal! Get out of here!"


8. a) Beneath the scarf there were neither a tie nor a collar.
a) Beneath the scarf there was neither a tie nor a collar.
a) Beneath the scarf there were  a tie nor a collar.
a) Beneath the scarf therehave been a tie nor a collar.

9  a)he last I saw of London were the long line of electric lamps bordering the Embankment.
a)he last I saw of London was the long line of electric lamps bordering the Embankment.
a)he last that I saw of London were the long line of electric lamps bordering the Embankment.
a)he last which I saw of London have been the long line of electric lamps bordering the Embankment.

10. a) Many man have succumbed to his temptation.
       b) Many a man has succumbed to his temptation.
       c) Many a men have succumbed to his temptation.
        d) Many a man have succumbed to his temptation.


thanx..... (Faizi)