Sentence Completion

Pencils is plural so we use 'have'."have been' is used to show that the pencils were distributed at some time before now.

 Since the sentence is referring to a collective, it must use the verb "are". "Were" is incorrect because there is nothing in the sentence to indicate the past.

The government is a collective noun. When collective nouns refer to a single unit or entity, they take a singular verb. Here, 'the government' is acting as one unified body determined to implement the plan, so 'is' (singular) is correct. If the emphasis were on individual members acting separately, 'are' could be used.

'Spectacles' is a plural noun (like scissors, trousers, glasses) that always requires 'pair of' when counting or describing. We say 'a pair of spectacles' not 'a spectacles'. Option A is grammatically incorrect, and option C is incomplete without 'pair of'. Option D is misspelled.

'The majority of workers' takes a plural verb because it refers to multiple individual workers. Even though 'majority' is singular in form, phrases like 'majority of + plural noun' use plural verbs. 'Has' and 'was' are singular, while 'were' doesn't match the present perfect context with 'come'.

'Machinery' is an uncountable noun and never takes a plural form. It refers to machines collectively or as a system. We say 'new machinery' not 'new machineries'. Options C and D are misspelled versions. Other uncountable nouns include furniture, equipment, and luggage.

When 'poultry' refers to birds (chickens, ducks, etc.), it is a plural noun and requires a plural verb. 'These poultry are mine' is grammatically correct. The singular 'is' would only work if 'poultry' referred to meat as a food category, but the context here refers to the birds themselves.

'Pay my regards' is the correct idiomatic expression used to convey greetings or respect through someone to another person. 'Regards' is always plural in this context. Options C and D are misspelled. This is a fixed expression that cannot be modified to singular 'regard'.

When using numbers with 'pair of', we keep 'pair' singular: 'three pair of shoes', not 'three pairs'. This follows the pattern of measure words. We say 'three dozen eggs' not 'three dozens', and similarly 'three pair of shoes' is correct. Options C and D are misspelled.

The phrase 'the rich' refers to wealthy people as a collective group, which requires a plural verb. Present tense is used because the statement describes a general truth, not a past event. 'Are' correctly matches the plural subject and present timeframe.

The phrase 'so many' requires a plural count noun. 'Pairs' is the correct plural form of 'pair', referring to multiple sets of shoes. Options C and D contain misspellings of the word.

'My finger-ends' is the idiomatic and natural way to express this concept in English, referring to the tips of one's fingers. Option A is grammatically possible but less idiomatic. Options C and D are awkward or incomplete constructions.

'Hair' when referring to head hair as a collective concept takes a singular verb, not plural. The present perfect tense 'has turned' indicates a completed change with present relevance. The plural 'hairs' would refer to individual strands, which is not the intended meaning here.

'Furniture' is an uncountable noun in English and never takes a plural form. 'Furnitures' is incorrect. Options C and D are misspelled variations. The correct form is simply 'furniture' regardless of quantity.

For royalty titles with ordinals, the possessive is formed by placing the comma after the name and adding the ordinal with 's. 'George, the fifth's' is the correct possessive construction for King George the Fifth. Option A incorrectly places the possessive before the ordinal.

'Advice' is a noun, while 'advise' is a verb. The sentence requires a noun as the object of 'my.' 'Advices' is not a valid word in English - advice is uncountable. The correct phrase is 'follow my advice.'

The phrase 'the wages of sin' is a biblical idiom where 'wages' means 'the reward' or 'the result,' which is singular in meaning despite the plural form. Therefore it takes the singular verb 'is.' This is a fixed expression, not standard subject-verb agreement.

'The colour of my pen' is the most natural and grammatically correct way to express possession using a prepositional phrase. Option A uses an awkward possessive construction that's not standard English. Options C and D are ungrammatical or unclear.

'Earnings' is a special noun that is always plural when referring to income or wages, despite ending in -s. It therefore requires the plural verb 'are.' The singular 'earning' as a noun would be uncountable, but 'earnings' is the standard form for income.

When creating a compound adjective with a number and a noun to modify another noun, the noun is kept singular. 'Three-man' is the correct compound adjective form. 'Three-men' would be incorrect because the noun in a compound adjective remains singular even when referring to multiple people.

When a possessive noun is followed by an appositive, a word that renames or explains that noun, the apostrophe +s is added to the appositive, not to the noun. So, uncle, the engineer's office is correct.

'Information' is an uncountable noun in English and never takes a plural form - 'informations' is incorrect. As an uncountable noun, it requires a singular verb 'is.' The sentence structure 'No more... available' is a truncated construction common in English.

The correct answer is 'The son of my father's friend' because it uses proper possessive forms with apostrophes. Option A is grammatically correct but less commonly used in standard English. Options C and D are missing necessary apostrophes to show possession.

The correct answer is 'is' because 'news' is an uncountable noun that always takes a singular verb, even though it ends with an 's'. This is a common exception in English grammar that confuses many learners.

The correct answer is 'thousand' because when a specific number precedes it, the word remains singular. 'Thousands' would only be used in vague expressions like 'thousands of rupees'. Options C and D are simply misspelled.