Ex.9.Choose the correct word and explain your choice.

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Ex.8.Choose the correct word.

1. There _______ (is, are) natural phenomena that can harm man.

2. A pair of designer jeans __________ (costs, cost) about $200.00.

3. A thorough knowledge of economics _______ (is, are) necessary for investing money wisely.

4. It's said that politics _______ (is, are) very boring.

5. At the end of a lane there _______ (is, are) a house and a barn.

6. One hundred dollars _______ (is, are) too much to pay for a pair of gloves.

7. TV news __________ (sensationalises, sensationalise) all important events.

8. The jury _______ (is, are) meeting now; a decision should be reached soon.

9. ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona' _______ (is, are) one of Shakespeare's plays.

10. Physics _______ (is, are) the most difficult course I've ever taken.

11. Marriage _______ (is, are) an important step in every person's life.

1. Advice is/are what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. (Erica Jong)

2. Clothes makes/make the man. Naked people has/have little or no influence on society. (Mark Twain)

3. Wisdom begins/begin in wonder. (Socrates)

4. Beauty is/are internal; looks means/mean nothing. (Unknown)

5. The first 90 percent of the task takes/take 90 percent of the time, the last 10 percent takes/take the other 90 percent. (Murphy's Law)

6. I am still a victim of chess. It has/ They have all the beauty of art -- and much more. (Marcel Duchamp)

7. Too bad the only people who knows/know how to run the country is/are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. (George Burns)

8. Don't lend people money. It gives/ they give them amnesia. (Unknown)

9. For most folks, no news are/is good news; for the press, good news is/are not news. (Gloria Borger)

10. I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of it/them. (Alfred Hitchcock)