Irregularities

1. A number of students in the class (speaks, speak) English very well.

2. Economics (is,are) Dan’s favorite subject.
3. The police (is,are) coming.
4. My cousin, along with my aunt and uncle, (works, work) in my
grandpa’s hardware store.
5. This exercise on singular-plural agreement of subjects and verbs (is,
are) very easy for me
6. Lettuce (is, are) good for you
7. The professor and the student (agrees, agree)
8. Why (was, were) Susan and Alex late for the meeting
9. (Is, are) having the responsibility for taking care of pets good for
young children?
10. Where (does, do) your parents live?
11. The news about Mr. Hogan (is, are) surprising.
12. Fifty minutes (is, are) the maximum length of time allowed for the
exam.
13. The English (is, are) proud, independent people.
1. The poor (is, are) helped by government programs.
2. Statistics (is, are) a branch of mathematics
3. The books in my office (are, is) very valuable.
4. All of the windows in our house( were,was) broken in the
earthquake.
5. All of the employees in that company (are,is) required to be
proficient in a second language.
6. A lot of the people in my class work during the day and (attend,
attends) class in the evening.
7. Listening to very loud music at rock concerts (have,has) caused
hearing loss in some teenagers.
8. Many of satellites orbiting the earth (are,is) used for
communications.
9. The news orphanage (are,is) disturbing.
10. Chinese (has, have) more than fifty thousand written characters.
11. About two-thirds of the Vietnamese (work, works) in agriculture.
12. A number of planes (was,were) delayed due to the snowstorms in
Denver.