SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT:

1. Susan and Philip(doesn't, don't) want to meet their relatives.

2. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win .

3. There (was, were) sixteen gifts in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!

4. Either the two kittens or the puppy (sits, sit) in my lap while I watch television.

5. Tom and Jerry (is, are) a famous cartoon film.

6. Tom and Jerry (is/are) famous cartoon characters

7. Most of the milk (have/has) gone bad. Six gallons of milk (is/are) still in the refrigerator

8. A pair of shoes (was/were) missing from the verandah.

9. The data (was/were) published by the company.

10. The cost of goods (vary/varies) greatly in the different places.

11. One of the children who (play/plays) soccer so very well is sitting on the sidelines.

12. The staff (expect/expects) a bonus for new year.

13. One of the best staff (leave/leaves) next Tuesday.

14. There (is/are) a number of different causes for this.

15. Marketing information (is/are) important to all businesses.

 16. In many countries, government (control/controls) the mass media through censorship.

17. Each cat and each dog in this animal shelter (is/are) eventually placed in a good home.

18. Of all university courses, mathematics probably (produce/produces) the most fear.

19. Least considered in the latest bombing campaign (were/was) the innocent victims.

20. Living in big cities almost always (cause/causes) stress because of traffic jams, too
few parking spaces, and too many people.

21. Statistics (is/are) often misleading.

22. ten gallons of oil (was/ were) spilled.

23. The large companies in our area (need/needs) a cheap source of labor.

24. Everybody at the fourth of July parade (was/were) carrying an American flag.

25. The group of children from that school (has/have) never seen the ocean.

26. My problem, which is minor in comparison with others, exist/exists)

because I dropped out of high school.

27. Nora is one of the candidates, who (is/are) worthy of my votes.

28. To hard working souls (come/comes)prosperity and contentment.

29. Several of my teammates and someone you don't know (is/are) joining us for dinner.
30. On the wall at the end of the hall (hang/hangs) a formal portrait of Isaac and his family
and an old map of Tidewater
31. On the kitchen counter, behind the detonator, (lie/lies) my glasses.

32. Out of everything on the menu, spaghetti and meatballs (sound/sounds)most

delicious.

33. The gingerbread cookies, which looked good on the dessert tray, (was/were)
tasteless.

34. The dog across the street, as well as all the other dogs on the street, never
(stop/stops) barking all day long.
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