Subject-Verb Agreement Practice 2

Either answer (is, are) acceptable.

• is

• are

Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.

• know

• knows

There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag.

• was

• were

The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.

• debates

• debate

The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.

• leads

• lead

The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.

• greets

• greet

The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.

• is

• are

George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.

• doesn't

• don't

The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.

• live

• lives

The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.

• take

• takes