Grammar and Language Workbook

8. The Fokker D VII was the only one of World War I’s many airplanes that (was designed, were
designed) with three main wings.
9. Our senior class is one of the few regional senior classes that (is, are) going to that amusement
park.
10. Billy Ray is one of my relatives who (likes, like) that model of sports car.
11. A shark is the only one of the sea’s creatures that (scares, scare) me at all.

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12. Jules Verne is one of the few science fiction writers of the nineteenth century who (is, are) still
read.
13. That old elm tree is the only one of all the old trees that still (stands, stand) here.
14. This old sailboat that Sandy and I used is the only one of these many sailboats that 
(makes, make) me nostalgic for old times.
15. That point is the only new insight of all the ideas that (argues, argue) for your conclusion.
16. That is one of the paintings hanging in this gallery that (impresses, impress) me.
17. Alas, your apology is one of the many things that (indicates, indicate) your sincerity.
18. The old cowboy actor remains the only one of all the western genre actors in that studio who
still (cares, care) about the preservation of the West.
19. That beautiful roan horse is one of the horses stabled here that (recognizes, recognize) me
when I come up to the fence.
20. John F. Kennedy is the only one of our twentieth-century presidents who (was wounded, 
were wounded) in World War II.
 Exercise 2
Draw a line under the antecedent of the relative pronoun, and cross out the verb in