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Exercise "Singular or plural verb forms", created by ayesha (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 690 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 70 / 100 Share
Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): jpr / BELGIUM, on Thursday 07 February - 10:40:
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Stats (690 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 50.3 %
Statistics (be) * a branch of economics,
Question 2 passed: 74.6 %
but it is often said that there (be) * lies, damn lies and statistics.
Question 3 passed: 55.5 %
Recent statistics of British life (show) *
Question 4 passed: 75.8 %
that the family (be) * happier than it used to be.
Question 5 passed: 87.5 %
The youth of today (be) * likely to live longer than the previous generation.
Question 6 passed: 61 %
People (own) * more things than they used to,
Question 7 passed: 48.1 %
and more police (be) * employed to fight crime.
Question 8 passed: 54.2 %
Mathematics (be) * a subject which is studied more by boys than by girls,
Question 9 passed: 52.8 %
as (be) * physics.
Question 10 passed: 70.3 %
The earnings of working women (be) * getting higher all the time and many women earn more than their husbands.
Question 11 passed: 77.2 %
Good manners (be) * declining.
Question 12 passed: 78.7 %
The public (spend) * more on clothes,
Question 13 passed: 82.3 %
and clothes (be) * becoming more and more expensive.
Question 14 passed: 78.7 %
Glasses (be) * worn by more people,
Question 15 passed: 75.9 %
but only a minority (favour) * contact lenses.
Question 16 passed: 53 %
Statistics (make) * us grind our teeth and can probably tell us if we have any teeth left to grind!
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