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The Verb "To be"
Circle the form of the verb be that best completes each sentence.

1.  The megalopolis of Dallas-Fort Worth and its surrounding cities (is, are) expected to reach a population of over 5 million people in the next couple of years.
2.  Leprosy (is, are) a mildly infectious malady capable of producing deformity or disfigurement.
3.  We (is, are) concerned about Courtney's diction, so we may need to take her to a speech therapist.
4.  Skeet shooting is a form of trapshooting in which clay targets (is, are) thrown from traps to simulate birds in flight.
5.  A butterfly's wings (is, are) very frail and can be damaged if they are not handled carefully.
6.  Humans (is, are) one of the most homogenous species on Earth.
7.  What (is, are) it about the appearance of a spider that stirs an immediate feeling of phobia within most humans?
8.  Giving out personal information online (is, are) incredibly naive.
9.  It is difficult being around someone who is a hypochondriac because it seems they (is, are) always complaining about one illness or another.
10.  It (is, are) common these days for people to seek enormous sums of money as redress.
11.  In the United States, school attendance (is, are) compulsory until age 16.
12.  The stories about the outlaw Jesse James have made him a legendary figure, but many of them (is, are) not true.
13.  Contributions to the Presidential Campaign Fund (is, are) voluntary.
14.  Ethan (is, are) looking at a very tenuous future if he doesn't start applying himself and develop some kind of ambition.
15.  Austin's facial expressions when he sings (is, are) a quirk that is very annoying to me.
16.  Noah's ingenious plan to stop the littering problem in our city (is, are) one that is admired by many of his colleagues.
17.  Connor is so arrant in his taste for Italian food that there (is, are) certain items he will not eat unless they are imported directly from Italy.
18.  Although the day care center (is, are) chaotic at times, it also has a halcyon atmosphere.
19.  My little sister is gullible, so we (is, are) continuously pulling pranks on her to see if she'll fall for another one.
20.  It (is, are) almost a fetish with some people to impress people to whom they do not even know.



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