Grammar Quiz #2: Agreement

The birth rate over the past two years (has/have) declined by 4 per cent.

Pressure from all directions--family, friends, teachers--(burdens/burden) the new college student.

Mice (is/are) an irregular plural in English.

On the bottom of the document (was/were) the signatures of the entire cabinet.

There (has/have) been several reports of unidentified flying objects in the southwestern United States.

The noise of cars and buses (makes/make) life difficult in the cities.

Neither of these dictionaries (contains/contain) the word pukka.

Anybody who is interested in boats (needs, need) to know how to swim.

Most of the students (prefers, prefer) to go to Paris.

Some of these shirts (costs, cost) eighteen dollars.