EXERCISE 2

1. Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to the play tonight.

2. Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight.
3. Skating (is/are) becoming more popular every day.
4. A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday.
5. Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately.
6. Your glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night.
7. There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night.
8. The committee (has/have) already reached a decision.
9. A pair of jeans (was/were) in the washing machine this morning.
10. Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions.
11. Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning.
12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that
everything (was/were) in order.
13. The crowd at the basketball game (was/were) wild with
excitement.
14. A pack of wild dogs (has/have) eliminated this section of the
training test.
15. The jury (is/are) trying to reach a decision.
16. The army (has/have) eliminated this section of the training test.
17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this
quarter (is/are) appalling.
18. There (has/have) been to many interruptions in this class.
19. Every elementary school teacher (has/have) to take examination.
20. Neither Jill nor her parents (has/have) seen this movie before.