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Exercise 1. Объясните, почему глагол-сказуемое употребляется в единственном или множественном числе.(объяснить на русском языке)

1. Well, the statistics say that being married goes with living longer, especially for men [COCA]. СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
2. Even today, statistics says hardly anybody trusts the government anymore, and good reason [COCA]. СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
3. Last week Russia’s auto giant, KamAZ, slowed СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ to a four-day workweek, the huge Magnitogorsk Steel Works has slashed СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ production by 25 percent, and other major Russian companies are showing signs of slowing down [COCA]. СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ ВО МНОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
4. The bread and wine is, in fact, the body and blood of Christ [COCA]. СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
5. Clouds hung low over the hills and all was drowned in greyness [RP]. СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
6. All were waiting for their hostess to signal the end of the morning’s festivities [MM]. СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ В ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
7. “Now it is МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

they who are trying to manipulate us”, one reformist said in disgust as he was leaving a caucus meeting [BNC]. МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

8. It is МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

I who am sorry [DB]. МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ПЕРВОМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

9. She is МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

a 34-year-old lady who lives МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

in the suburbs of a city with her husband or partner [BNC].

10. There are ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ ВО МНОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ two men who are experts in this field [AH] ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ ВО МНОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
11. She must have been noticed МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

as being very different from the local ladies who were МЕСТОИМЕНИЕ ВО МНОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

either young girls dressed tidily but poorly, or older women in black [BNC].

12. Many a flower is born to blush unseen [COCA]. ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

13. For this and other reasons, Gerald’s family was ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

not inclined to view the fatal outcome of this quarrel as anything very serious, except for the fact that it was charged ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

with serious consequences [MM].

14. He was ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

staunchly Presbyterian, even though his family were Catholic [MM].

15. Her family were not invited to attend [BNC]. ИМЕЕТСЯ ВВИДУ ВСЯ СЕМЬЯ, МНОГО
16. The police have been alerted [RP]. СЛОВО ПОЛИЦИЯ ВСЕГДА ВО МНОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
17. What were the police doing? [AH] СЛОВО ПОЛИЦИЯ ВСЕГДА ВО МНОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ

18. The Metropolitan Police has begun ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ a process of reform that should lead to improvements in the way it operates ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ and encourage better relations with the public [BNC].
19. Sister Felicia and the entire school were at Rutgers for the national championship game a few weeks ago [COCA]. ВСЯ ШКОЛА ИМЕЕТСЯ ВВИДУ
20. There were МНОЖЕСТВЕННОЕ ЧИСЛО still two hours to go before school ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ was dismissed [CM].
21. And see how the cavalry is holding ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ the railroad to Macon! Sherman will never take it! [MM]. ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
22. The cavalry are training, galloping at full tilt, Harry and Durrance bringing up the front [COCA]. МНОЖЕСТВЕННОЕ ЧИСЛО
23. The jury were МНОЖЕСТВЕННОЕ ЧИСЛО asked to decide whether either or both of these actions could be interpreted as a threat [BNC].
24. We’re 1 ЛИЦО МНОЖЕСТВННОЕ ЧИСЛО in a court of law, Doctor. The jury is ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ not going to make decisions based on theory and “what if” [SS].
25. The crowd below was applauding appreciatively [JR]. ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ
26. For the most part, the crowd are stunned into silence but there are МНОЖЕСТВЕННОЕ ЧИСЛО a few murmurs from them [COCA]. ИМЕЕТСЯ ВВИДУ МНОГО
27. The crew do not like carrying ИМЕЕТСЯ ВВИДУ ВСЯ КОМАНДА pigs because of the smell, and there is ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ no doubt the ship has an entirely different aroma now [JH].
28. Robert walked up the steps to the cabin. The crew was ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ inside finishing the preflight check [SS]
29. Harry, meanwhile, had noticed another photograph: a Hogwarts Quidditch team was smiling ПОДЛЕЖАЩЕЕ В ТРЕТЬЕМ ЛИЦЕ ЕДИНСТВЕННОМ ЧИСЛЕ and waving out of the frame [JR].
30. His team were around him, shaking their heads and looking dejected [JR]. ИМЕЕТСЯ ВВИДУ ВСЯ КОМАНДА

Exercise 2. Insert the proper form of the verb to be.Вставить глагол в нужно форме.

1. On the other hand, two hours ARE a long time to sit around [AH].
2. Everybody WAS her friend. She called them all her friends [RP].
3. There are enough stupid patriots who ARE risking every cent they have in the blockade and who ARE going to come out of this war paupers [MM].
4. In those days, Siegfried or myself WAS often left to anaesthetise dogs without assistance [JH].
5. Melly and he ARE always talking such foolishness, poetry and books and dreams and moonrays and star dust [MM].
6. It is I who IS sorry to deny your request [COCA].
7. Both Umbridge and Yaxley WERE concentrating upon Mrs. Cattermole, and this went unnoticed [JR].
8. All WAS cool and creamy, sparked here and there with touches of brilliant colour [RP].
9. Both the timing and method of delivery WAS planned so that when he received the memo it would be impossible to take any action [AH].
10. Not only me but also my friends WERE shocked by his story [COCA].
11. She knew neither Rhett nor Ashley WAS drunk [MM].
12. He sat up, one hand still on his scar, the other hand reaching out in the darkness for his glasses, which WERE on the bedside table [JR].
13. The use of proportions rather than absolute numbers IS a change that does not affect everyone equally [COCA].
14. Five hundred dollars IS a useful sum [AH].
15. The news IS probably all over town [DB].
16. The macaroni and cheese IS pretty good if a bit grainy with bread crumbs [COCA].
17. A line of kitchen workers ARE streaming out through a service doorway [AH].
18. Both illustrations and text ARE important for children to comprehend the information books.
19. Fifty years WERE a long way to look ahead, but looking back it doesn’t seem any time at all [RP].
20. It was rumoured that the number of staff who had responded WAS considerably smaller than the number of participants in the strike [BNC].
21. A number of students WERE waiting to be called, including one with a face at least as broken out as his, and who looks like a monkey [COCA].
22. But the number of students per school in the state sector WAS considerably greater than in the private sector [BNC].
23. The crowd WAS making a great deal of noise, but whether friendly or not, Harry didn’t know or care [JR].
24. The holidays IS a time when we eat too much, drink too much, and go to movies [COCA].
25. Billiards IS the only real game in here [COCA].
26. German Measles IS a very infectious disease, but usually very mild [BNC].
27. I went to the library the other day and had a look in the atlas to see where Naples IS [BNC].
28. A UN spokesman said that the headquarters WAS hit by what was believed to be three white phosphorous shells [COCA].
29. Her hair WAS tangled and loose, her arms and legs dirty [CM].
30. The Middle Ages IS a time of notoriously brutal and endemic warfare [COCA].