Is or Are. Please could you help me with a correction ?
1-The weather in the southern states (gets) very hot during the summer.
2-A woman and her child (are) waiting to see Dr Chang.
3-every man, womaand child (is) pretected under the law.
4-Washing the dishes is the children’s job.
5-A lot of the students (are) already here.
6-Some of the furniture in our apartment (is) secondhand.
7-Some of the desks in the classroom (are) broken.
8-At least three-quarters of that book on famous American (are) about people who lived in the nineteenth century.
9-One of the countries I would like to visit (is) Italy.
10-Some of the cities I would like to visit (are) Rome and Venice.
11-Each student in the class (has) to have a book.
12-Each of the students (has) a notebook.
13-None of the students (was) late today.
14-The number of students in the room right now (is) twenty.
15-Some of the fruits in this bowl (is) rotten.
Hi Miss Ahdinos
Everything is OK except number 8 and number 15:
1-The weather in the southern states (gets) very hot during the summer. [color=blue]OK
2-A woman and her child (are) waiting to see Dr Chang. [color=blue]OK
3-Every man, woman and child (is) protected under the law. [color=blue]OK
4-Washing the dishes is the children’s job. [color=blue]OK
5-A lot of the students (are) already here. [color=blue]OK
6-Some of the furniture in our apartment (is) secondhand. [color=blue]OK
7-Some of the desks in the classroom (are) broken. [color=blue]OK
[color=red]8-At least three-quarters of that book on famous American ([color=blue]is) about people who lived in the nineteenth century. [color=blue]Use “is”.
9-One of the countries I would like to visit (is) Italy. [color=blue]OK
10-Some of the cities I would like to visit (are) Rome and Venice. [color=blue]OK
11-Each student in the class (has) to have a book. [color=blue]OK
12-Each of the students (has) a notebook. [color=blue]OK
13-None of the students (was) late today. [color=blue]This is OK with either “was” or “were”.
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14-The number of students in the room right now (is) twenty. [color=blue]OK
[color=red]15-Some of the fruits in this bowl ([color=blue]are) rotten. [color=blue]You need “are” if you use the plural “fruits”. If you use the singular (collective) form “fruit”, then you should use “is”.
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