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3 Grammar Time

3.1. Use the correct alternative from the bracket to complete the

sentences below.

a. I as well as Dipu and Sonu (is/am/are) preparing for the final

test.
b. The boys in the hall (is/am/are) making a loud

noise.
c. Neither the kids nor their father (was/were/

have) took this selfie.
d. Physics (do/does/is) not enter into my mind easily.

e. Either of the athletes (is/am/are) attending our school’s
anniversary program.

f. Dhindo and Ghundruk (is/are/was) our
national food.

g. Time and tide (wait/waits/is waiting) for no man.
h. Twenty rupees (is/are/has) enough to buy a pencil.

i. One thousand liters of milk (was/were) spilled by the farmers
as a protest.

j. The workmen along with the engineer (was/were/had)
working till late.

3.2. Read the following sentences and see how between and among
are used.

a. There was a cyclist between the car and
the lorry.

b. I don’t see any difference between the
real bags and the imitation bags.

c. Rajesh lived in Finland between 2012 and 1015.

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