Subject Verb Agreement

The committee _____ that waiting until everyone arrives is more important than starting on time.

• believes
• believe

When Dad is angry, there _____ fire flickering in his eyes as well as smoke escaping from his ears.

• is
• are

When Matthew is having a bad day, old episodes of The X-Files always _____ his mood.

• brightens
• brighten

Each of those opera singers regularly _____ notes high enough to break glass and rupture eardrums.

• hits
• hit

Either the fried oyster sandwich or shrimp pizza _____ the best choice for lunch at Crusty's Seafood Restaurant.

• is
• are

One thousand pounds of jelly beans _____ the bed of Betty's truck.

• fills
• fill

Richard, the class snob, together with his two arrogant buddies, Philip and Charles, _____ at everyone who pulls into the parking lot in a car that costs less than $50,000.

• sneers
• sneer

From the school cafeteria _____ the palest tomatoes, the driest lettuce, and the most nuclear-green pickle slices that you will ever see.

• comes
• come

The entire class, including the two students who have slept every day in the back row, _____ been invited to have dinner at Mr. Parker's house.

• has
• have

Where _____ the gifts that I deserve for washing all the smashed love bugs off the front of your car?

• is
• are