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This post covers seventeen exercises on subject-verb agreement, of which #17 contains paragraphs rather than sentences:

Exercises 1–2: Nouns and pronouns Exercises 3–4: Noun phrases Exercises 5–6: Coordinate noun phrases Exercises 7–9: Quantifiers Exercise 10: Inverted sentences Exercises 11–17: Integrated practice (a mix of the above topics)

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This post contains statistics on the usage of the English language.

1. How many people speak English?

Spoken by 1,528 million (native + non-native), English is the most-spoken language in the world by number of speakers.

Note: Non-native speakers of a language speak the language as their second language (L2). If you come across a number...

The phrase one of + [plural noun or pronoun] as the subject of a sentence takes a singular verb. The prepositional phrase introduced by of and any other modifier have no bearing on the number of the verb.

One of the jars is empty.

Because one of us was running late, we took a taxi.

One of the largest companies in the country is...

If you want to jump straight to the topics, you may scroll down. But I would suggest you still read the first part of the post, which delves into how you can get the most out of your conversation practice.

How to get the most out of your conversation session

1. Pick the side you want to speak for.

Most topics have two sides to argue. Yo...

1. What is parallelism?

Parallelism (or parallel structure) means using the same grammatical structure for two or more elements that have the same function or importance in a sentence. It’s a rhetorical or stylistic device that makes writing persuasive, memorable, and pleasing to read.

In the following and other examples, if you don’t know what grammatical struct...