The Clues & Answers
Money, Numbers & Amounts
Group Dynamics
The "Of" Trap
Tricky Logic
100

100: Everyone in the class ___ (agree) with the decision.

Answer: What is "agrees"?

100

100: Nine minus three ___ (be) six.

Answer: What is "is"?

100

100: My family ___ (live) in Mexico City. 

Answer: What is "lives"?

100

100: Some of the students ___ (be) from Vietnam.

Answer: What is "are"?

100

100: The United States ___ (have) 50 states.

Answer: What is "has"?

200

200: Each student ___ (have) their own book.


Answer: What is "has"?

200

200: Thirty dollars ___ (be) expensive for a short bus ride!

Answer: What is "is"? (Amounts are singular).

200

200: The team ___ (play) badly today. 

Answer: What is "is playing" (or "is")?

200

200: The majority of people ___ (don't/doesn't) speak English here.

Answer: What is "don't"?

200

200: More than 3.5 million people ___ (visit) the Statue of Liberty every year.

Answer: What is "visit"?

300

300: One of my friends ___ (is/are) coming to visit.

Answer: What is "is"? (Focus on "One", not "friends")

300

300: One half of the land ___ (is/are) used for farming.

Answer: What is "is"?

300

300: My family ___ (live) all over the world. 

Answer: What is "live"?

300

300: The majority of our time ___ (be) wasted on social media.

Answer: What is "is"?

300

300: One of my work colleagues ___ (is/are) out sick today.

Answer: What is "is"?

400

400: Nobody, not even the teachers, ___ (know) the secret.

Answer: What is "knows"?

400

400: Two thirds of the students ___ (go) to university.

Answer: What is "go"? (Fraction + Plural Noun = Plural).

400

400: The team ___ (be) not all here yet.

Answer: What is "aren't" (or "are")?

400

400: None of my friends ___ (live) in the same town as me.

Answer: What is "live"? (None + Plural Noun).

400

400: The United Nations ___ (has/have) 193 members.

Answer: What is "has"? (Organization name = Singular).

500

500: More than one of us ___ (has/have) failed the exam.

Answer: What is "has"? (Tricky! "More than one" takes a singular verb despite the meaning).

500

500: Three quarters of my pizza ___ (have) no cheese on it.

Answer: What is "has"? (Fraction + Singular Noun = Singular).

500

500: The class ___ (fighting) all about the answer.  

Answer: What is "are fighting"?

500

500: None of our community ___ (use) a cell phone.

Answer: What is "uses"?

500

500: None of my family ___ (like) eating fish.

Answer: What is "likes"? ("Family" is singular collective here, so "None of + Family" takes singular).