Exercise 10: Subject-Verb Agreement 1. John, along with twenty friends, are planning a party. 2. The picture of the soldiers bring back many memories. 3. The quality of these recordings are not very good. 4. If the duties of these officers aren’t reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project. 5. The effects of cigrette smoking have been proven to be extremely harmful. 6. The use of credit cards in place of cash have increased rapidly in recent years. 7. Advertisements on television are becoming more competitive than ever before. 8. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, is at an all-time high. 9. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, has proposed some changes of the rules. 10. The levels of intoxication vary from subject to subject. Exercise 11: Subject-Verb Agreement 1. Neither Bill nor Mary are going to the play tonight. 2. Anything are better than going to another movie tonight. 3. Skating is becoming more popular every day. 4. A number of reporters were at the conference yesterday. 5. Everybody who has a fever must go home immediately. 6. Your glasses were on the bureau last night. 7. There were some people at the meeting last night. 8. The committee has already reached a decision. 9. A pair of jeans were in the washing mechine this morning. 10. Each student have answered the first three questions. 11. Either John or his wife makes breakfast each morning. 12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that every-thing were in order. 13. The crowd at the basketball game was wild with excitement. 14. A pack of wild dogs has frightened all the ducks away. 15. The jury is trying to reach a decision. 16. The army has eliminated this section of the training test. 17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter are appalling. 18. There have been too many interruptions in this class. 19. Every elementary school teacher has to take this examination. 20. Neither Jill nor her parents have seen this movie before

Exercise 4: Articles 1. Jason’s father bought him a bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday. 2. Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from France to United States. 3. Rita is studying English and math this semester. 4. A Judge asked the witness to tell the truth. 5. Please give me a cup of coffe with cream and sugar. 6. A Give books on the table for my history class. 7. No one in the Spanish class knew correct the answer to Mrs. Perez’s question. 8. My car is four years old and it still runs well. 9. When you go to the store, please buy a bottle of chocholate milk and a dozen oranges. 10. There are only a few seats left for tonight’s musical at the university. 11. John and Marcy went to school yesterday and then studied in the library before returning home. 12. Lake Erie is one of the five Great Lakes in North America. 13. On our trip to Spain, we crossed the Atlantic Ocean. 14. Mount Rushmore is the site of the magnificent tribute to the four great American presidents. 15. What did you eat for breakfast this morning? 16. Louie played basketball and baseball at the Boys’ Club this year. 17. Rita plays a violin and her sister plays a guitar. 18. While we were in Alaska, we saw the Eskimo village. 19. Phil can’t go to the movies tonight because he has to write an essay. 20. David attended Princenton University. 21. Harry has been admitted to the School of Medicine at midwestern university. 22. Mel’s grandmother is in hospital, so we went to visit her last night. 23. The Political science class is taking trip to Soviet Union in the spring. 24. Queen Elizabeth II is a monarch of the Great Britain. 25. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up in 1776. 26. Scientists hope to send an expendition to Mars during 1980s. 27. Last night there was bird singing outside my house. 28. The chair that you are sitting in is broken. 29. The Civil War was fought in United States between 1861 and 1865. 30. Florida State University is smaller than University of Florida.

What is an article? Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns. English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns;a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article. the = definite article a/an = indefinite article For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book. If I say, "Let's read abook," I mean any book rather than a specific book For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book. If I say, "Let's read abook," I mean any book rather than a specific book. Here's another way to explain it: The is used to refer to a specific or particular member of a group. For example, "I just saw the most popular movie of the year." There are many movies, but only one particular movie is the most popular. Therefore, we use the. "A/an" is used to refer to a non-specific or non-particular member of the group. For example, "I would like to go see a movie." Here, we're not talking about a specific movie. We're talking about any movie. There are many movies, and I want to see any movie. I don't have a specific one in mind. Let's look at each kind of article a little more closely. A, An or The? When do we say "the dog" and when do we say "a dog"? (On this page we talk only about singular, countable nouns.) The and a/an are called "articles". We divide them into "definite" and "indefinite" like this: Articles Definite Indefinite the a, an We use "definite" to mean sure, certain. "Definite" is particular. We use "indefinite" to mean not sure, not certain. "Indefinite" is general. When we are talking about one thing in particular, we use the. When we are talking about one thing in general, we use a or an. Think of the sky at night. In the sky we see 1 moon and millions of stars. So normally we would say: • I saw the moon last night. • I saw a star last night. Look at these examples: the a, an • The capital of France is Paris. • I have found the book that I lost. • Have you cleaned the car? • There are six eggs in the fridge. • Please switch off the TV when you finish. • I was born in a town. • John had an omelette for lunch. • James Bond ordered a drink. • We want to buy an umbrella. • Have you got a pen? Of course, often we can use the or a/an for the same word. It depends on the situation, not the word. Look at these examples: • We want to buy an umbrella. (Any umbrella, not a particular umbrella.) • Where is the umbrella? (We already have an umbrella. We are looking for our umbrella, a particular umbrella.) EXAMPLE! 1. A good teacher uses simple language 2. She reads a newspaper everyday 3. The newspaper she reads is the Media Indonesia 4. The Jawa Pos is also a newspaper 5. Ms. Ridha has a book. It is on the desk 6. The book on Ms. Ridha's desk is blue. 7. I like the shirt she is wearing. 8. She eats an apple 9. The apple she likes is Manalagi. 10. My mother bought a spring bed. 11. The spring bed she bought is green 12. She lost an iron 13. The iron is made of steel. Perhatikan bahwa : 1. a dan an, bermakna sebuah/satu. Digunakan ketika spesimen yang tidak dikenali/tak tentu, diperkenalkan. 2. a digunakan untuk kata yang diawali dengan huruf mati/konsonan 3. an digunakan untuk kata yang diawali dengan vokal (a,i,u,e,o) 4. the digunakan ketika diyakini bahwa pendengar/yang diajak bicara mengetahui orang, tempat atau benda yang ditunjuk/dimaksud. Tentang zero article/no article : Kita tidak menggunakan a, an atau the pada kasus berikut: 1. sebelum nama jalan, titel/judul yang diikuti nama orang 2. sebelum nama kota, provinsi, negara, kecuali digunakan sebagai adjective: 1. the United Arabic Republic 2. the people Republic of China 3. the USA 4. the UK 5. the USSR 6. the Netherlands 7. the Philippine