Exercise 11

Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.

1.      Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to the play tonight.

2.      Anything (is/are) becoming than going to another movie tonight.

3.      Skating (is/are) becoming more popular every day.

4.      A number of reporters (was/were) at the conferences yesterday.

5.      Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately.

6.      Your glasses (was/were) on the bureai last night.

7.      There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night.

8.      The committee (has/have) already reached a decision.

9.      A pair of jeans (was/were) in the washing machine this morning.

10.  Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions.

11.  Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning.

12.  After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that everything (was/ were) in order.

13.  The crowd at the basketball game (was/ were) wild with excitement.

14.  A pack of wild dogs (has/ have ) fightened all the ducks away.

15.  The jury (is/ are) trying go reach a decision.

16.  The army (has/ have) eliminated this section of the training test.

17.   The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (is/ are) appalling.

18.  There (has/ have) been too many interruptions in this class.

19.  Every elementary school teacher (has/ have) to take this examination.

20.  Neither Jill nor her parents(has/ have) seen this movie before.