Subject-verb agreement

Nearly 90 percent of the people in our town always (vote) __________ in local elections.

In recent years, a number of students (participate) ________ in language programs abroad.

The number of students who knew the answer to the last question on the exam (be) ________ very low.

Every one of the boys and girls in the school (know) ________ what to do if the fire alarm rings.

A lot of people in the United States (speak) _______ and (understand) ______ Spanish.

Why (be) _______ the police standing over there right now?

Statistics (use) ________ a variety of methods to analyze and interpret data.

Some of the most important books for my report (be) ______ not available in the school library, so I'll have to look for information on the internet.

Recently there (be) ____________ times when I have seriously considered dropping out of school.

Not one of the women in my office (receive) _____ a promotion in the past two years. All of the promotions (go) _____ to men.

• has received, have gone

• have received, have gone