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Exercise 3: Agreement when words come between the Noun and Verb

Click the correct verb form from the two in parentheses.

  1. The survey showed that the highest percentage of adults, especially those who are in their forties and fifties, (IS/ARE) now less confident of keeping their jobs.

  2. Many companies to which a former generation devoted its working life (IS/ARE) now downsizing.

  3. In the shift from manufacturing to service industries that the job force has experienced, the majority of workers (SEEMS/SEEM) to have shifted as well from experiencing relative security to experiencing insecurity.

  4. High levels of worker turnover (CAUSE/CAUSES) large companies to institute better training programs and benefits to try to retain workers.

  5. The president of the savings and loan company, as well as his vice-president and treasurer, (WAS/WERE) indicted for fraud.