Neither the director nor the secretary to leave yet

A wants B want

17. There ________ two books and a newspaper on the table.

A are B is

18. There ________ a book and five notebooks on my table.

A are B is

19. Nether John nor his friends_______ going to the beach today.

A is B are

20. Either Johg or Bill _______ going to the beach today.

A is B are

21. Not studying _______ caused hem many problems.

A has B have

22. The majority of the students _______ him to be innocent.

A believe B believes

Exercise 14. Choose the correct form of the verb in parentheses in the following sentences.

John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party.

The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories.

3. The quality of these recordings (is/are) not very good.

4. If the duties of these officers (isn’t/aren’t) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project.

5. The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be extremely harmful.

6. Thе use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased rapidly in recent years.

7. Advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competitive than ever before.

8. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is/are) high.

9. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, (have/has) proposed some changes of the rules.

10. The lеvels of intoxication (vary/varies) from subject to subject.

11. Everybody who (hasn’t/haven’t) purchased the ticket should be in the line.

12. If either of you (takes/take) a vacation now, we will not be able to finish the work.

13. Nobody (work/works) harder than John does.

14. Neither Alicia nor Carmen (has/have) seen this movie before.

15. Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight.

16. Skating (is/are) becoming more popular every day.

17. A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday.

18. Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately.

19. There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night.

20. Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions.

21. Every elementary school teacher (has/have) to take this examination.

22. There (have/has) been a number of telephone calls today.

23. There (have/has) been an increase in an importation of foreign cars.

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