Question

Complete these sentences with one of the two verbs given in the brackets :
1. Good health (depend/depends) on a number of factors. An active mind (is/are)
as necessary to health as a strong body. In Europe, very few people (suffers/suffer)
from physical disease. But mental patients (is/are) not uncommon.
2. The word 'discipline' (come comes) from the word disciple. A disciple (is/are) a
learner. Discipline (mean/means) learning to obey rules. A child (needs/need)
discipline at school.
3. Most of the sentences in this book (has/have) an Indian background or (is/are)
related to Indian life and letters. Each of the sentences (is/are) idiomatic. It
(has/have been graded, too.
4. Astronomers, those people who (study/studies) the stars, (tell/tells) us that long
long ago the earth and all the planets (was/were) parts of the earth. The sun
(was/were) then a mass of flaming matter.​

Answer 1

1. Good health depends on a number of factors. An active mind is as necessary to health as a strong body. In Europe very few people suffer from physical disease but mental patients are not uncommon.
2. The word disciple comes from the word disciple. A disciple is a learner. Disciple means learning to obey rules. A child needs discipline at school.
3. Most of the sentences in this book have an Indian background or are related to Indian life and letters. Each of the sentences are idiomatic. It has been graded too.
4. Astronomers, those people who study the stars, tell us that long ago the earth and all the planets were part of the sun. The sun was then a mass of flaming matter.

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