The noun (5)

Bertrand Russell still is a respected figure even among the younger generation who ........ many of his views progressive.
1. considers
2. consider
Plastics ......... a synthetic substance. .......... composed of long chain-like molecules.
1. is, It is
2. are, They are
About half the population of Wales ....... crowded into the south where coal ......... found.
1. is, is
2. is, are
3. are, is
4. are, are
To provide employment the government ....... set up new industries.
1. has
2. have
The additional information in the 'Notes' ..... not always related to the text.
1. is
2. are
The recent statistics ......... that the birth rate in Belgium .......... declined dramatically.
1. proves, has
2. prove, has
3. proves, have
4. prove, have
The Establishment ........ that .............got a right to set our standards and decide our way of life.
1. thinks, it's
2. thinks, they've
3. think, it's
4. think, they've
There ....... a growing number of people who ............. to grant the Church of England more autonomy.
1. is, wants
2. is, want
3. are, wants
4. are, want
The African family ................ of father, mother, the children, the grandparents and all other relatives that ........... anybody to care for ........
1. consists, hasn't, it
2. consists, haven't, it
3. consists, haven't, them
4. consist, haven't, them
5. consist, hasn't, it
After the groupwork every group ......... a report of ....... work.
1. makes, its
2. makes, their
3. make, its
4. make, their
A group of volunteers working and living together to help people in need ..... known as a voluntary workcamp.
1. is
2. are
The evidence for the existence of ghosts .... not very convincing.
1. is
2. are
Where ..... my trousers? ............... in the bottom drawer of the wardrobe.
1. is, They're
2. is, It's
3. are, It's
4. are, They're
Over 80% of the population of Scotland ...... concentrated in the densely populated Central Lowlands.
1. is
2. are
The Highlands and Islands ........ never been much inhabited though there ..........more people there 200 years ago than there ....... now.
1. has, was, is
2. has, were, is
3. have, were, is
4. have, were, are
The United States .... always been an attractive country to Scottish people.
1. has
2. have
Coal .......had .......... importance but ....... now less important than .......... used to be.
1. has, its, it is, it
2. has, their,they are, they
3. have, their,they are, they
4. have, its, they are, they
5. have, their, it is, it
The Maryland State Police ............. declared that a 21-year-old native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is suspected of the murder.
1. has
2. have
Her shorts ....... dirty and ............ washing.
1. is, needs
2. is, need
3. are, needs
4. are, need
In the last 170 years the world's population ....... doubled twice. Already over half the world's population ..... undernourished.
1. has, is
2. has, are
3. have, is
4. have, are
Over forty species of animals ...... died out in the last sixty years.
1. has
2. have

Exercises

The noun (5)

The noun (5)

Multiple-choice exercise