50 percent of the students (needs, need) new laptops.

Neither of the students (wants, want) a new pencil.

All of the dogs in the neighborhood (was, were) barking.

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

My friends and my mother (like, likes) each other.

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

Either you or Maria (was, were) late for class.

There (is, are) many cats in that house.

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

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

Many (need, needs) new shoes.

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

My dad, who (wants, want) to go to London, has to go to Paris for work instead.

Either Patty or Tom (was, were) asked to lead the meeting.

Neither the apples nor the basket (was, were) expensive.

Either Maria or the kids (was, were) late for class.

Hardest hit by the high temperatures and the drought (was, were) the farmers.

Neither of them (like, likes) going to the show.

Each of them (has, have) a good seat.

The singer and songwriter (was, were) Taylor Swift.

Everybody in the class (has, have) tickets.

Economics (is, are) often misleading.

Every silver knife, fork, and spoon (has, have) to be counted.

Some of the park (has, have) been closed off.

Each cat and dog (has, have) its own toy.

Neither the basket nor the apples (was, were) expensive.

The committee (is, are) meeting today.

Ten million gallons of oil (is, are)  a lot of oil.

The jury (vote, votes) today.

Physics (was, were) my favorite class in high school.

The number (is, are) very small.

Half of the apples (has, have) gone bad.

Many students (was, were) absent.

Measles (was, were) eradicated in the US in 2000.

Several of the plants (was, were) dying.

The majority (is, are) in favor.

Statistics (is, are) an interesting subject.

Three fourths of the pie (is, are) gone.

My computer and books (was, were) on my desk, but now, they’re gone!