MCQs

'The number of' is singular.

'Who' refers to 'I', so 'am' is correct.

Simple past is required for a specific time ('yesterday').

'Scissors' is always plural.

'Neither' is singular.

To compare a person with the rest of the group, use 'anyone else'.

Subject is 'book' (singular).

'Wish' about the past requires past perfect ('had gone').

First conditional structure: 'If' + present, 'will' + base form.

'Whom' is the object of the preposition 'to'.

'Police' is a collective noun functioning as plural.

The subject is 'One' (singular).

Multiple subjects ('work and dedication') take a plural verb.

Distances, treated as a single unit, take a singular verb.

'Who' is the subject of 'is honest'.

'Would rather' followed by a subject requires the subjunctive (past tense) verb.

'Lie' (to recline) has the participle 'lain', but 'lying' is better; 'lay' requires an object. 'Lying' is the correct active form.

'Yesterday' indicates past tense ('gave').

Playing an instrument requires the definite article 'the'.