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Subject-Verb AGREEMENT

I. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses on the lines below.

Mary Parker is 12, and she is Asia’s new English star. Mary
_____________ (wake) up at six-thirty every weekday, and ________ (get)
ready for school. She ___________ (have) a shower, then ___________ (brush)
her teeth. “I usually _______ (eat) breakfast at 6:30. My mum ________ (cook)
for everyone. Then Dad __________________ (drive) me and my brother to
school. We ___________ (be) never late for school. I ________ (be) never in
trouble for being late, because we ________ (be) always on time, or early.

“School ___________ (start) at 7:50, and ___________ (finish) at 4:00.

After school, my brother ______________ (do) sport. I ___________ (have)
extra lessons in English and Thai. My brother ______________ (do not) take
extra lessons, because he ____________ (like) sport more. My parents
____________________ (do not) mind that he ____________ (do) sport after
school. They ____________ (be) very happy that I study extra English and Thai.

“My favorite pop group _________ (be) Girls’ Generation. My best friend’s
favourite star ______ (be) Pancake. We both __________ (like) to study
English. We _______ (be) always buying new English books and movies to
enjoy. My brother always ______________ (watch) TV before going to bed. My
parents sometimes ______________ (watch) TV with him. I never __________
watch TV before bedtime. I _________ (be) always in bed by nine o’clock.”
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II. Choose the correct words to 14. Toni sometimes ______ to Central with
complete the sentences. Joy.
A. going B. goes C. go
1. My cat __________ like dogs.
A. don’t B. doesn’t C. aren’t 15. Joy never ________ to Central with
Rain.
2. Where _____________ Pipa live? A. go B. going C. goes
A. does B. do C. is
16. \Rain and Mattie always ________ to
3. _______________ they play tennis? Central at the weekend.
A. Are B. Do C. Is A. going B. goes C. go

4. We ________ eaten lunch yet. 17. I ___________ a video camera.

A. hasn’t B. aren’t C. haven’t A. has B. having C. have

5. What time _____ you have lunch? 18. My sister _________ a CD player.
A. do B. does C. didn’t A. have B. has C. having

6. Bobby and Jay never ________ pizza. 19. Our brothers ___________ Notebook
A. eaten B. eating C. eat computers.
A. having B. has C. have
7. You ____________ pizza twice a month.
A. eats B. eat C. eating 20. My sister _____ never nervous before
tests.
8. I _________ to the cinema weekly. A. be B. am C. is
A. goi B. goes C.. going
21. I _________ sometimes nervous before
9. Bonnie __________ to the cinema once tests.
a month. A. is B. are C. am
A. goes B. going C. go
22. Our brothers _______ always nervous
10. Jimmy _______ up late at the weekend. before tests.
A. staies B. stay C. stays A. are B. am C. is

11. I __________ up late only during 23. I never ___________ in the shower.
Holidays. A. sings B. singing C. sing
A. stays B. stays C. stay
24. My sister _________ her makeup in the
12. My sister and I sometimes _________ car.
kites. A. do B. does C. doing
A. flies B. fly C. flying
25. Where ________ your sister do her
13. Do you ____________ kites? makeup?
A. flying B. flies C. fly A. does B. doing C. do