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Exam in Technical Writing
Exam in Technical Writing
TECHNICAL WRITING
Name :____________________________________________________
Student Number: ___________________________________________
Directions: Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite
subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
21. The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
II. Identifying Errors. Please verify the sentences if they are structurally accepted based on
subject-verb agreement rules. If you think there are errors, encircle the word that makes it
incorrect and write the correct verb at the top of the corrected one. If you think the sentence
is correct, kindly write the word CORRECT before the number.
1. One of the main reasons for elephant poaching are the profits received from selling the
ivory tusks.
2. Not until my interview with Dr. Chang were other possibilities opened to me.
3. Batik cloth from Bali, blue and white ceramics from Cambodia, and a bocce ball from
Turin has made Hannah’s room the talk of the dorm.
4. The board of directors, ignoring the wishes of the neighborhood, has voted to allow
further development.
6. The presence of certain bacteria in our bodies are one of the factors that determines
our overall health.
7. Leah is the only one of the many applicants who has the ability to step into this job.
8. Neither the explorer nor his companions was ever seen again.
9. The mathematical formulae seem to be the driving force to come up with correct
answer.
10. The store manager and its employees significantly gives a good reputation for the
entity.
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