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Indefinite Pronouns

Singular Plural Either (depending on context)
each either neither both some any
one no one nobody few none all
anyone anybody someone several most
somebody everyone everybody many
* Look at the context of the sentence. What is the pronoun referring to?

Examples:
1. Some of the crops were frozen. (plural - Some refers to crops)
2. Some of the harvest was completed. (singular - Some refers to harvest)
3. Each plays by his own rules. (always singular)
4. Each of the women works in her own garden. (always singular)
5. Neither is leaving the country. (always singular)
6. Both are leaving in the morning. (always plural)

Practice 12D: Type in the correct verb.

1. Gift and Jeremy has / have memorized the indefinite pronouns.
2. The row of carrots was / were planted in the wrong place.
3. Few was / were able to determine which were singular and which were plural.
4. Many of the books written by C. S. Lewis was / were for children.
5. Most of the spies was / were afraid to enter the Promised Land.
6. Neither of the students has / have memorized the indefinite pronouns.
7. One of the jokes was / were inappropriate.
8. Everyone planning to go home for vacation has / have to buy a bus ticket.
9. Neither Bob nor the Smiths want / wants to leave tomorrow.
10. None of the rain is / are falling on the roof.
11. All of the students is / are eating enough.
12. Many is / are enjoying English grammar.
13. Jan, along with John and Katherine, was / were at the cabin.
14. The high places and the idol of Baal was / were not removed.
15. Neither the teacher nor the students was / were going to eat lunch.
16. Mathematics is / are John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite
subject.
17. Eight dollars is / are the price of a movie these days.
18. There was / were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is / are only one left!
19. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets / greet the press cordially.
20. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, is / are in this case.

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