Use the copula is or was when the subject means but one.

Use the copula are or were when the subject means more than one. Use these last copulas also with the subject you whether it means one or more than one.

Exercise 20. Composition

Fill blanks with correct copulas.

1. Here------your books.

2. The mother of these girls------sick.

3. The mistakes of the child------amusing.

' 4. There------two mistakes in your work.

5. You------mistaken about the matter.

6. One of you------mistaken.

7. Both of you------mistaken.

8. The color of the books------green.

9. The leaves of the book------yellow.

10. Each of them ------ given a prize. (How many does each mean ?)

11. There------the nails.

12. There------many complaints about the matter.

13. The leaves of the plant------deeply cut.

14. He of all the generals------most beloved.

Exercise 21

Show by sentences that each of these words may be used as copula alone or as copula and predicate attribute: are were grows looked smells turn gets.