1. Annie and her brothers are at school.

2. Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.

3. The dog or the cats are outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat is always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara don't want to see that movie.
6. Benito doesn't know the answer.
7. One of my sisters is going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds lives on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, want to win.
11. Either answer is acceptable.
12. Every one of those books is fiction.
13. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.
14. Is the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics is John's favorite subject, while Civics is Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars is the price of a movie these days.
17. Are the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants are at the cleaner's.
19. There were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left!
20. The committee debates these questions carefully.
21. The committee lead very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, are in this case.
24. 1. The piano as well as the pipe organ ____________ to be tuned for the big concert.
HAS
HAVE


25.
26. 2. The mayor together with his two brothers ____________ going to be indicted for accepting bribes.
ARE
IS


27.
28. 3. Neither of my two suitcases ____________ adequate for this trip.
IS
ARE


29.
30. 4. There ____________ a list of committee members on the head-table.
ARE
IS


31. 5. Everybody in the class ____________ done the homework well in advance.
HAS
HAVE


32. 6. The jury ____________ their seats in the courtroom.
TAKE
TAKES


33. 7. Neither the teacher nor the students ____________ to understand this assignment.
SEEM
SEEMS

The correct response is "SEEM" because the plural "students" is closer to the verb and determines the number
of the verb.
34.
35. 8. ____________ either my father or my brothers made a down-payment on the house?
HAS
HAVE

You're right!
36.
37. 9. Hartford is one of those cities that ____________ working hard to reclaim a riverfront.
HINT: Try starting the sentence with "Of those cities that . . . ."
IS
ARE

The correct response is "ARE".
38.
39. 10. Some of the grain ____________ gone bad.
HAVE
HAS

The correct response is "HAS".
40.
41. 11. John or his brother ____________ going to be responsible for this.
ARE
IS

You're right!
42.
43. 12. A few of the students ____________ doing so well they can skip the next course.
ARE
IS

You're right!
44.
45. 13. Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College Operations ____________ these matters.
DECIDE
DECIDES

You're right!
46.
47. 14. One of my instructors ____________ written a letter of recommendation for me.
HAVE
HAS

You're right!