EXERCISE 8 Choosing the Correct Verb
Underline the verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject.
1. The Trojan Women (is, are) a play by Euripedes, an ancient Greek dramatis
2. A thousand years (is, are) called a millennium.
3. Every chimpanzee, ape, and gorilla (has, have) flexible hands and feet.
4. Statistics (is, are) the branch of mathematics that deals with collecting,
classifying, and organizing data.
5. Many a poet and novelist (writes, write) all night.
6. The herd of goats (spends, spend) all summer in the mountains.
7. Sometimes election news (reaches, reach) the public before polls close.
8. A committee of congressional representatives (takes, take) up pressing issues.
9. Four hundred thousand dollars (was, were) destroyed in the fire at the bank.
10. Mumps (causes, cause) fever and painful swelling of the salivary glands.