This document provides 23 sentences with blanks to fill in with the correct verb form of "to be" - either singular or plural. The sentences test verb agreement with subjects like "flock", "data", "neither", and "there". They cover examples like a collective noun taking a singular verb and situations where a subject like "there" can take either a singular or plural verb depending on the rest of the sentence.
This document provides 23 sentences with blanks to fill in with the correct verb form of "to be" - either singular or plural. The sentences test verb agreement with subjects like "flock", "data", "neither", and "there". They cover examples like a collective noun taking a singular verb and situations where a subject like "there" can take either a singular or plural verb depending on the rest of the sentence.
This document provides 23 sentences with blanks to fill in with the correct verb form of "to be" - either singular or plural. The sentences test verb agreement with subjects like "flock", "data", "neither", and "there". They cover examples like a collective noun taking a singular verb and situations where a subject like "there" can take either a singular or plural verb depending on the rest of the sentence.
1. The flock of geese (was/were) startled by the shot gun blast.
2. The data on my computer (was/were) lost when the hard drive failed. 3. Neither of the twins (is/are) allergic to penicillin. 4. Much of what I hear in those lectures (go/goes) in one ear and out the other. 5. Amy, like her friends Jamie and Jen, (wants/want) to go to Mount Holyoke College. 6. Among the lilies and wildflowers (were/was) one solitary rose. 7. Either the chairperson or her assistants (is/ are) going to have to make the decision. 8. There (is/are) hardly even a speck of dirt left on the carpet 9. In every teaspoon of soil (are/is) over two million tiny microorganisms. 10. There (is/are), in my opinion, far too few primary physicians working in this district. 11. Beyond that hill (is/are) hundreds of bison. 12. Never before (have/has) there been such voices heard on the public airwaves. 13. Every player on both teams (was/were) at the press conference after the game. 14. There (has/ have) been a theater and a toy store in the mall ever since it opened. 15. There (is/are) a great many production problems to iron out before show time. 16. The proceeds from the sale of every auctioned item (goes/go) to charity. 17. There (is/are) more than three years remaining on her contract. 18. Neither of the girls (was/were) frightened by the small animals that scurried past their tent. 19. This technology developed by the military for field communications, (have/ has) become essential to private industry as well. 20. Every player on both teams (was/were) concerned about the goalie's injury. 21. The company's sponsorship of mentorship programs (has/have) garnered many accolades from other philanthropic organizations. 22. Neither the children nor their parents (utter/utters) a word when Mrs. Denny tells her stories. 23. How important (is/are) strength training and cardiovascular training to your daily fitness regimen?