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 verb agrees with a subject closer to it than a subject earlier in the sentence. The document is an exercise to practice identifying the right verb form.
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 verb agrees with a subject closer to it than a subject earlier in the sentence. The document is an exercise to practice identifying the right verb form.
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 verb agrees with a subject closer to it than a subject earlier in the sentence. The document is an exercise to practice identifying the right verb form.
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 verb agrees with a subject closer to it than a subject earlier in the sentence. The document is an exercise to practice identifying the right verb form.
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?