Choose the correct answer.

Months of drought and fire _____________ starvation to Borneo's apes.

• has caused

• have caused

• has ceased

• have ceased

Answer explanation

Months of drought and fire (plural)

have (plural)

cease : come or bring to an end.

Choose the correct answer.

Rainforests in Peninsular Malaysia _________ mostly gone because of timber production.

• is

• are

Answer explanation

Subject: Rainforests (plural)

Verb: are gone (plural)

There ___________ many problems caused by deforestation in Malaysia.

• is

• are

• has

• have

Answer explanation

Subject: Many Problems

Verb: are

There are many problems caused by deforestation in Malaysia.

have: I have many problems in my life.

In Sabah, cutting _______ slowed down over the years after a period of rapid deforestation.

• is

• are

Answer explanation

Cutting: singular

is: singular

In Sarawak, some areas generally do not have enough workers to protect the forests and __________ by illegal logging.

• is threatened

• are threatened

• is reserved

• are reserved

Answer explanation

Plural: Some areas

Plural: are threatened.

The areas are not reserved for illegal logging.

When you have no motivation to study, it ________________ hard to get the grades you need to accomplish your educational goals.

• should be

• must be

• can be

• be

There _____ no question about the importance of studying.

• is

• are

Answer explanation

no question : Singular

is: Singular

Everyone _____a dream.

• has

• have

Answer explanation

Everyone: singular

has : singular

There ______ many different kinds of skunks.

• is

• are

Answer explanation

plural : many different kinds of skunks

plural: are

Different situations _________ for different solutions.

• call

• calls

Answer explanation

Different situations: Plural

call : plural verb