1. Subject-Verb Agreement
Select the correct word to make the verb agree with the subject..
1) The scissors I got from the supply drawer (is, are) too dull.
2) My knee (looks, look) better than it did yesterday.
3) Two appetizers or one main course (is, are) all that I can eat.
4) Shaking the cans (cause, causes) them to squirt when they ( is , are) opened.
5) Our selection of grapes (is, are) second to none.
6) At the start of the meeting, Mr. Burns, my boss and mentor, always (stand, stands)
and (sing, sings) the company song. What a dork.
7) Flags honouring Gay Pride Day (was, were) raised over city hall.
8) Our group's presentation ( requires, require) a computer loaded with PowerPoint.
9) The shirt with the bold horizontal stripes ( makes, make) you look heavier.
10) Our department ( doesn’t, don’t ) get any bonus pay when we move.
11) Neither the manager nor his staff ( knows, know) anything about this.
10) The Simpsons ( is, are) the most cynical televison show of the last decade.
11) Peanut butter and simulated bacon ( was, were) a failed product that ( was, were)
briefly marketed during the seventies.
12) Either the undercooked hamburger or the green apples ( are , is) making me sick.
13) Twenty-five cents a litre ( is, are) a good price to pay for gasoline.
14) Television news ( are , is) frequently filled with vacuous nonsense.
15) The Grapes of Wrath (are, is) a story of life in the Great Depression.

2. 16) There (is, are) no reason for you to be missing so much work.
17) There (are, is) many people who (has, have) overcome great problems.
18) It (was, were) the dogs in the neighbourhood that (were, was) getting into the
garbage.
19) Economics (is, are) almost as fascinating as accounting.
20) Analysing sentences for grammatical purposes (is, are) even better than watching
paint dry.
21) Fifteen kilometres ( is, are) a nice distance to ski in an afternoon
22) A number of people (were, was) sitting on the grass.
23) Each of the workers (was, were) given new safety equipment.
24) Neither the students nor the instructor (likes, like) the idea of a three-hour exam.
25) My partner, in addition to his customers, (like, likes) the way the new law (make,
makes) life safer.