Choose the correct answer:
1. The cost of mattresses has/have gone up lately.
2. People often forget/forgets the importance of free time.
3. Brown rice is/are nutritious.
4. The homework for those classes is/are very time-consuming.
5. The equipment in those storage rooms is/are used by gym classes.
6. Unfortunately, many children in Mexico City lives/live on the streets.
7. My notes from that class isn’t/aren’t very hard to read.
8. Iron rusts/rust easily in wet weather.
9. The buildings under the bridge seems/seem empty.
10. The students in her class doesn’t/don’t like her exams.
11. Under the pillow is/are a quarter.
13. One of my friends is/are from France .
14. Everyone in my family likes/like bright colours.
15. Both of those teachers gives/give a lot of homework.
16. Each of the girls is/are wearing her best dress.
17. Nobody likes/like that restaurant.
18. Something is/are worrying them.
19. They love the view of the river valleys which spreads/spread in three directions.
20. From the mountain top, everyone seems/seem to see something different.
21. Paul notices/notice the sky, and Terry watches/watch the rivers’ paths.
22. Both of the children likes/like to look at the houses which sits/sit on the hillsides.
23. Neither notices/notice the sky.
24. Older people, especially older women, frequently get / gets osteoporosis.
25. Osteoporosis is / are a condition which cause calcium deficiency in bones.
26. Some of the staff is / are complaining about the change in policy.
27. The statistics was / were reported in the newspaper.
28. This species is / are endangered.
29. When the couple next door is / are arguing, everyone on the street can hear them.
31. These scissors isn't / aren't very sharp.
32. All of the news has / have been encouraging so far.
33. Peaches and cream is / are my favorite dessert.
34. No one in our family has / have ever been to California .
35. So my sister and her friends think / thinks they'll go.
36. My mother and father intend / intends to drive to Pennsylvania .
37. Either you or your friends take / takes the furniture out of the garage.
38. My dog and cats chase / chases each other all the time.
39. Neither science nor math gives / give me a problem.
40. Either the cat or the dogs greets / greet me at the door.
41. Neither the men who are listed as administrators nor the woman who is also listed has / have been appointed to the board.
42. Either my cousin or my uncle was / were on the critical list.
43. Neither Ms. Jones nor a member of her staff is / are going to attend the meeting.
44. There go / goes one of the men who will conduct the research.