Subject-Verb Agreement #1

The rythm of the pounding waves (is/are) calming

• is

• are

All of the dogs in the neighborhood (were/was) barking

• was

• were

A high tax, not to mention unemployment, (influence/influences) votes.

• influence

• influences

My friends and my mother (like/likes) each other

• like

• likes

The team and the band (was/were) on the field.

• was

• were

Building a good marriage and building a good log fire (is/are) similar in many ways.

• is

• are

John or Doris (write/writes) to us regularly.

• write

• writes

Neither Carol nor Ted (is/are) excluded from the meeting.

• is

• are

Either patty or Tom (was/were) excluded from the meeting.

• was

• were

Neither the basket nor the apples (was/were) expensive

• was

• were