Упражнение 1. Подчеркните полное подлежащее в предложении и возьмите в скобки существительное, которое согласуется с глаголом (сказуемым).

Например: Port (cities) are often the distribution centers for a country.
The beautiful, large, green (parrots) with the tuft of red plumage on their heads are on sale.
1. Until the mid-1950s, fishermen thought the eagles' gorging during annual salmon runs depleted stocks.
2. Sam, along with other students, plans on protesting the change in academic requirements.
3. Pictured on the one-dollar stamp is St. John's Cathedral.
4. Birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish that are not hunted, fished, or trapped need protection too.
5. Since nitrogen is a characteristic and relatively constant component of protein, scientists can measure protein by measuring nitrogen.
6. Far too many preservation programs in too many states rely on unstable voluntary donations.
7. When a tornado sweeps through a city, it causes a narrow band of total destruction.
8. Pesticide residues in livestock are largely the result of pesticide contamination in the general environment.

Упражнение 2. Подчеркните полные подлежащие в следующих предложениях.
Например: Running is my favorite kind of exercise.

1. How wildlife has adapted to life along the road systems is the topic of the lecture.
2. To be among 200-foot-high towering rocks is an exhilarating experience.
3. Very early in the experiment, isolating the insects became necessary.
4. What was decided during the meeting has been well documented.
5. Whispering in class not only prevents the whisperers from understanding the lesson, but also bothers those who are trying to hear the class lecture.
6. To create and produce new combinations of line and color takes a real flair.
7. What caused the most damage to Michelangelo's works in the Sistine Chapel was a gluelike substance spread over the frescoes early in the sixteenth century.
8. Rolling dice, buying property, and accumulating play money is what seems to be the attraction of many board games.

Упражнение 3. Пометьте буквой «С» (Correct) подлежащее, если оно согласуется с глаголом. Отметьте буквой «I» (Incorrect), если оно не соответствует глаголу.
Например: С An important goal was to increase tourism.
I The houses is open to the public.
В первом предложении подлежащее goal согласуется с глаголом was. А во втором случае подлежащее houses никак не относится к глаголу is.

1. ___ Deer are frequently seen in the meadow at dusk.
2. ___ Physics are my favorite subject.
3. ___ Neither her sons nor her daughter plays the piano.
4. ___ Nowadays, crossing Puget Sound in ferries are fast and convenient.
5. ___ Each river and ravine create an obstacle in the cross-country race.
6. ___ The president, together with his cabinet members, are meeting the African Trade Delegation.
7. ___ Two weeks is plenty of time to finish the course.
8. ___ A lion and a lioness from Kenya is arriving at the Metropolitan Zoo today.

Дополнительное задание: исправьте предложения.

Упражнение 4. Всем следующим предложениям требуется подлежащее. Подчеркните правильный ответ из предложенных.
Например: _____ are becoming endangered because their natural habitat is being lost.
(A)That animals
(В) Animals
(C) To be animals
(D) Being animals
Вы должны выбрать ответ (В) потому, что в данном предложении должно быть простое подлежащее, которое согласуется с глаголом, стоящим во множественном числе.

1. _____ takes eight years after sowing.
(A) The nutmeg yields fruit
(B) That the nutmeg yields fruit
(C) For the nutmeg to yield fruit
(D) To the nutmeg's yielding fruit

2. _____ has been used as a perfume for centuries.
(A) To use lavender
(B) That the lavender
(C) Lavender
(D) For the lavender

3. _____ shortens and thickens the muscles on either side of the jaw.
(A) The teeth clenching
(B) Clenching the teeth
(C) That clenching the teeth
(D) The teeth clenched

4. Even though 26 percent of Californian residents do not speak English in their homes, only _____ do not speak English at all.
(A) that 6 percent of them
(B) those of the 6 percent
(C) to the 6 percent of them
(D) 6 percent of them

5. _____ started as a modern sport in India at the same time that it did in Europe.
(A) To ski
(B) That skiing
(C) Ski
(D) Skiing

6. _____ was caused by a cow's kicking over a lantern has been told to American schoolchildren for several generations.
(A) That the Great Chicago Fire
(B) The Great Chicago Fire
(C) To burn in the Great Chicago Fire
(D) Burning in the Great Chicago Fire

7. _____ are effective means of communication.
(A) Theater, music, dance, folk tales, and puppetry
(B) That theater, music, dance, folk tales, and puppetry
(C) To use theater, music, dance, folk tales, and puppetry
(D) Using theater, music, dance, folk tales, and puppetry

8. When China's dramatic economic reforms began to encourage private enterprise, _____ began to set up a variety of businesses immediately.
(A) that entrepreneurs
(B) to be an entrepreneur
(C) entrepreneur
(D) entrepreneurs

9. _____ are worthy of protection moved English Heritage historians into action against developers.
(A) Some buildings in and around Fleet Street
(B) That some buildings in and around Fleet Street
(C) Some buildings that are in and around Fleet Street
(D) To build in and around Fleet Street

10. _____ makes the mountain patrol team's job interesting and fulfilling.
(A) Climbers and trekkers in distress are assisted
(B) Assisting climbers and trekkers in distress
(C) Assistance is given to climbers and trekkers that are in distress
(D) Climbers and trekkers in distress

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