EXERCISE: TRIMMING AND FIND THE CORRECT 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?