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Additional Practice 2. Subject-verb agreement
Select True or False for each statement.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
1 The verb in boldface agrees with the subject:

The university doesn't allow students to hang banners on campus buildings.
   
 
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Question 2
2 The Jones family donate two thousand dollars to the university every year.
   
 
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Question 3
3 Either local television or radio stations announces school delays and closings during the winter.
   
 
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Question 4
4 Neither Fred nor Julia like anchovies on pizza.
   
 
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Question 5
5 The audience was quiet until the climax of the movie.
   
 
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Question 6
6 Neither the other players nor the referee disturb Pat's concentration on the basketball court.
   
 
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Question 7
7 Each of the families in my neighborhood oppose the building of the new power plant. 
   
 
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Question 8
8 Either a painting or some artistic photographs are required for my art class.
   
 
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Question 9
9 Ben is the only one of the students who miss class because he sleeps through his alarm clock.
   
 
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Question 10
10 Neither his new car nor his expensive clothes impresses us.
   
 
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