EXERCISE
I. Choose the best answer by underline the word.
1. My aunt or my uncle is/are arriving by train today
2. Neither Juan nor Carmen is/are available.
3. Either Kina or Casey is/are helping today with stage decorations.
4. Neither she nor I am / is/are going to the festival.
5. The serving bowl or the plates go/goes on that shelf.
6. Neither Jenny nor the others is/are available.
7. A car and a bike is/are my means of transportation.
8. The politician, along with the newsmen, is/are expected shortly.
9. Excitement, as well as nervousness, is/are the cause of her shaking.
10. Each of the girls sings/sing well.
11. Every one of the cakes is/are gone.
12. Fifty percent of the pie have/has disappeared.
13. Fifty percent of the pies have/has disappeared.
14. One-third of the city is/are unemployed.
15. One-third of the people is/are unemployed.
16. All of the pie is/are gone.
17. All of the pies is/are gone.
18. Some of the pie is/are missing.
19. Some of the pies is/are missing.
20. None of the garbage was/were picked up.
21. None of the sentences was/were punctuated correctly.
22. Of all her books, none have/has sold as well as the first one.
23. The number of people we need to hire is/are thirteen.
24. A number of people have/has written in about this subject.
25. Neither of them is/are available to speak right now.