Question

1. The trousers you bought for me (doesn't / don't) fit me.
2. Physics (was / were) my best subject at school.
3. Fortunately the news (wasn't / weren't) as bad as we had expected.
4. The police (wants / want) to interview Fred about a robbery.
5. Three days (isn't / aren't) long enough for a good holiday.
6. Where (does / do) your family live?
7. England (has / have) lost all their football matches this season.
8. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (isn't / aren't) sharp enough.
9. I'm going to take a taxi. Six miles (is / are) too far for me to walk
10. Mathematics (is/are) my favourite subject.

Answer 1

1. The trousers you bought for me don't fit me.

2. Physics was my best subject at school.

3. Fortunately, the news wasn't as bad as we had expected.

4. The police want to interview Fred about a robbery.

5. Three days aren't long enough for a good holiday.

6. Where does your family live?

7. England has lost all their football matches this season.

8. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn't sharp enough.

9. I'm going to take a taxi. Six miles are too far for me to walk

10. Mathematics is my favorite subject.

Explanation:

• Helping verbs are used to connect the words in a sentence.

• In the present tense "is" and "are" are used to connect to the nouns in the sentence.

• "is" is used for singular nouns and "are" is used for plural nouns.

• Whereas, in the past tense, "was" and "were" are used instead of "is" and "are".

• "was" is used for singular nouns and "were" is used for plural nouns.

• "do" is used for plural nouns and "does" is used for singular nouns.

Answer 2

Answer:

(1) doesn't

(2) was

(3) weren't

(4) wants

(5) aren't

(6) does

(7) have

(8) isn't

(9) are

(10) is

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