New Year, New Beginnings

Open Ended

A.     It’s 2024 already! Do you have any New Year’s resolutions? State one of your New Year’s resolution below:

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1.   Many people make resolutions to ______ their lives in the coming year.

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2. Very often, a resolution involves a _______ to give up a bad habit.

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 3. Making New Year’s resolutions is a ________ activity for many. However, some people make resolutions for religious reasons.

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 4. We make resolutions to improve ourselves ________.

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5. Some teenagers resolve to find _______ ways to deal with stress.

Example: Everyone is doing away with the old and welcoming the new.

​With indefinite pronouns like “everybody”, “someone”, and “nothing”, singular verbs are used.

Example: One of their most popular resolutions was a promise to return borrowed farm equipment.

​The verb in a sentence must agree with its subject in both person and number:

Subject-Verb Agreement

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1.   Everybody in class ______ to make a list of New Year’s resolutions.

• has

• have

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2. Each of the lists __________ the commitments made by each student.

• represents

• represent

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3. The list of resolutions _______ handed in to the teacher by the end of the lesson.

• was

• were

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4.  Someone ______ left the list on the teacher’s desk.

• has

• have

Multiple Choice

5. Nothing _____ impossible if you are set on it.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

6. Some of the students’ resolutions ________ going to bed earlier, eating less chocolate, and saving more money.

• includes

• include

Multiple Choice

7.   All of us ______ to get better grades in the coming year.

• wants

• want

Multiple Choice

8.   _______ anybody thought of eating less fast food?

• Has

• Have

Multiple Choice

9. Whoever _______ a resolution will have to follow it through.

• makes

• make

Multiple Choice

10. Each day ______ a new joy in the hearts of simple people.

• bring

• brings

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11.   Nobody ______ allowed to enter without a ticket.

• is

• are

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12.   Some of the clothing material ______ not suitable for children.

• is

• are

Either? Neither? (ei / ei)

When “either” and “neither” are used as subjects, singular verbs are required. When they are used as correlative conjunctions, the subject closer to the verb determines whether the singular or plural form of the verb should be used.

Examples:

Subject: Neither of the two boys has thought about any resolutions.

Correlative conjunction à Neither Jaden nor his friends need to lose weight.

Words and phrases like “including” and “as well as” do not join the nouns or pronouns they introduce to the subjects, so they do not affect the forms of verbs used.

Multiple Choice

Example 1. Neither of the two boys _____ thought about any resolutions.

• has

• have

Multiple Choice

Example 2. Neither Jaden nor his friends ______ to lose weight

• need

• needs

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1.   Either his mother or my sisters _____ singing tonight.

• is

• are

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2.   Either my sisters or his mother ____ singing tonight.

• is

• are

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3.   Neither his mother nor my sisters _______ singing tonight.

• is

• are

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4.   Neither my sisters nor his mother _____ singing tonight.

• is

• are

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5.   Either Rahman or Rahim _____ the record.

• hold

• holds

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7. Neither the teacher nor her students ______ the answer.

• know

• knows

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8.   Neither the teachers nor the principal _______ the answer.

• knows

• know

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9.  Neither the teachers nor the students _____ the answer.

• know

• knows

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10.   Neither the principal nor the teachers _______ the answer.

• know

• knows

The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect.
Rewrite the sentences to make them correct.

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The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect. Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

1.   Either of the two resolutions are made by me.

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The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect. Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

2.   Neither the girls nor Bosco think that making resolutions are useless.

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The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect. Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

3. Working out, as well as reading, are some ways to release stress.

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The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect. Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

4. Mrs Bauer, together with her students, volunteer to help out after school.

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The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect. Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

5. Either Angie or Carl are going to be the first to tell us the resolutions.

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The subject-verb agreements in the following sentences are incorrect. Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

6. Everybody, including all the teachers, are going to the New Year Camp.

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