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Instructions:  Choose the correct form of the verbs in the sentences below. To do this, think about whether the subject is singular or plural.

1. The color of those pants (clash, clashes) with that of your blouse. 

2. Arthritis (is, are) a serious disease. 

3. Every person in this room (has, have) a ticket for the door prize.

 4. Neither Christie nor her sisters ever (walk, walks) to school.

 5. Some of the flowers (is, are) wilted.

 6. The students, accompanied by their parents, (is, are) leaving for a field trip.

 7. A number of similar types of plant (grow, grows) well in this climate.

 8. Many of the graduates already (has, have) summer jobs.

 9. Either the manager or his secretary (distribute, distributes) the employees’ paychecks. 

10. This dictionary, as well as those travel books, (is, are) on sale this week. 

11. A lot of new students (come, comes) to class expecting a great deal of homework. 

12. Sixty percent of the foods that we eat (contain, contains) preservatives.

 13. The number of days in the billing period (is, are) only 20. 

14. Two-thirds of the corn crop (was, were) saved after the drought. 

15. (Was, Were) either of you in the building at the time that the alarm sounded? 

16. Nobody (look, looks) at bacteria with the naked eye. 

17. Neither the investigators nor the scientist (offer, offers) a satisfactory explanation for that occurrence. 

18. The majority of the news reports (say, says) that the crash was due to engine failure.

 19. One of the machines (break, breaks) down at least once a month. 

20. Neither professionals nor amateurs (photograph, photographs) without checking the lens first