Practice 1

Subject verb agreement

1. The piano as well as the pipe organ ____________ to be tuned for the big concert.

HAS

HAVE

2.  The mayor together with his two brothers ____________ going to be indicted for accepting bribes.

ARE

IS

3.  Neither of my two suitcases ____________ adequate for this trip.

IS

ARE

4.  There ____________ a list of committee members on the head-table.

ARE

IS

5.  Everybody in the class ____________ done the homework well in advance.

HAS

HAVE

6.  The jury ____________ their seats in the courtroom.

TAKE

TAKES

7.  Neither the teacher nor the students ____________ to understand this assignment.

SEEM

SEEMS

8.  ____________ either my father or my brothers made a down-payment on the house?

HAS

HAVE

9.  Hartford is one of those cities that ____________ working hard to reclaim a riverfront.

IS

ARE

10.  Some of the grain ____________ gone bad.

HAVE

HAS

11.  John or his brother ____________ going to be responsible for this.

ARE

IS

12.  A few of the students ____________ doing so well they can skip the next course.

ARE

IS

13.  Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College Operations ____________ these matters.

DECIDE

DECIDES

14.  One of my instructors ____________ written a letter of recommendation for me.

HAVE

HAS