Foreign and Special Nouns

The minutes of the meeting _____ been approved.

• has
• have
• is
• are

The ____ of LSGH batch '95 will host the Homecoming this February.

• alumnus
• alumni
• alumna
• alumnae

_____ is a mass of whirling fluid or air.

• vortex
• vortice
• vortexes
• vortices

Two thousand years may be called two ____.

• millennium
• millennia
• millenniums
• millennias

The contest mechanics _____ announced before the game began.

• was 
• were
• has
• have

The ____ of instruction in reading is English.

• medium
• media
• mediums
• medias

Osteoporosis _____ the bones.

• affect
• affects
• is
• are

Athens ____ the capital of Greece.

• is
• are
• has
• have

The pliers of the mechanic _______ borrowed by his co-worker.

• has borrowed
• have borrowed
• was borrowed
• were borrowed

Which sentence uses the special noun correctly?

• Their used clothes was donated to the victims of a recent calamity.
• Their used clothes were donated to the victims of a recent calamity.
• Their used clothes has donated to the victims of a recent calamity.
• Their used clothes have donated to the victims of a recent calamity.