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1. Plural nouns that look singular
Children, people, cattle, poultry, police, peasantry, gentry, clergy, electorate, vermin etc.
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2. Sigular nouns that look plural
News, billiards, gymnastics, darts, draughts, skittles, dominoes, rickets, mumps, measles, rabies,
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summons, acoustics, mathematics, physics etc.
3.
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Singular, plural - same form
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Fish, sheep, deer, offspring, series, issue, species, aircraft, spacecraft, crossroads, whereabouts,
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headquarters, data, vocation, innings, wages, means etc.
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n y s Exercise
The police has just (a)/ arrested a man (b)/ for reckless driving (c)/ No error (d)
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2. People has been warned (a)/ in advance about (b)/ the coming economic crisis (c)/ No error (d)
3. Some stray cattles (a)/ are roaming (b)/ around the village (c)/ No error (d)
4. He has the support (a)/ of alomst a quarter (b)/ of the electorates (c)/ No error (d)
5. Twenty perent of the (a)/ electorate did not use (b)/ his right to vote (c)/ No error (d)
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6. Some 5 cattles (a)/ were wandering (b)/ in the field (c)/ No error (d)
7. There was a lot of (a)/ people at his (b)/ wedding anniversary (c)/ No error (d)
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8. Working-class people generally (a)/ gets a bad deal (b)/ from the legal system (c)/ No error (d)
9. Measles are is an infectious disease (a)/ which produces small red spots (b)/ all over the body (c)/ No
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error (d)
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The news of his involvement (a)/ in the theft (b)/ are not true (c)/ No error (d)
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The court has issued (a)/ a summon against him (b)/ for a criminal offence (c)/ No error (d)
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12. This is true that (a)/ in today's world (b)/ politics dominate everything (c)/ No error (d)
13. In my view (a)/ his politics (b)/ are pretty simple (c)/ No error (d)
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14. A group of old men (a) / were playing (b)/ dominoes there (c)/ No error (d)
15. Dominoes are a family of (a)/ tile-based games (b)/ played with gaming pieces (c)/ No error (d)
16. Rickets are a condition (a)/ that resutls in weak (b)/ or soft bones in children (c)/ No error (d)
17. He is very happy (a)/ because he has caught (b)/ many fishes today (c)/ No error (d)
18. I talked to an (a)/ islander who had caught a big fish (b)/ half an hour ago (c)/ No error (d)
19. Does dry (a)/ white wine go (b)/ best with a fish (c)/ No error (d)
20. There are no laws of (a)/ nature which say that (b)/ only sheeps can produce wool (c)/ No error (d)
21. Sheeps are economically (a)/ beneficial so people (b)/ keep them as pets (c)/ No error (d)
22. There are many sheeps (a)/ farmers here but not (b)/ a single driving instructor (c)/ No error (d)
23. They have also (a)/ found the bones (b)/ of sheeps and cattle (c)/ No error (d)
24. Fishes are present (a)/ in even greater (b)/ variety than birds (c)/ No error (d)
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25. His innings was (a)/ to be a (b)/ match winning inning (c)/ No error (d)
26. In his last (a)/ innings he needed (b)/ 12 runs to win (c)/ No error (d)
27. We will use (a)/ every possible mean (b)/ to achieve our objective (c)/ No error (d)
28. Selling hand-made (a)/ articles is (b)/ his only means (c)/ No error (d)
29. His means is not (a)/ enough so he is unable (b)/ to feed his family well (c)/ No error (d)
30. There was not many (a)/ means of communication (b)/ in 18th century (c)/ No error (d)
Solution
1. (a) use 'have' 16. (a) use 'is'
2. (a) use 'have' 17. (c) use 'fish'
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4.
(a) use 'cattle'
(c) use 'electorate'
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(d) no error
(c) drop 'a' [fish is countable here]
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5. (c) use 'their' 20. (c) use 'sheep'
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6. (a) use '5 heads of cattle' 21. (a) use 'sheep'
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8.
(a) use 'were'
(b) use 'get'
g i r 22.
23.
(a) use 'sheep'
(c) use 'sheep'
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9. (a) use 'is' 24. (d) no error
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10. (c) use 'is' 25. (c) use 'innings'
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11. (b) use 'summons' 26. (d) no error
12. (c) use 'dominates' 27. (b) use 'means'
13. (d) no error 28. (c) use 'means'
14. (d) no error 29. (a) use 'are'
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15. (a) use 'is' 30. (a) use 'were'
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