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The Colorado River (flow/flows) through the canyon.
flows
100
True or false?  A plural verb ends in 's'
false
100
The North Rim (begin/begins) ten miles away.
begins
100
Wild animals (live/lives) in the zoo.
live
100
True or false?  A singular noun ends in 's'
false
200
The house on the hills (lies/lie) in a grassy area.
lies
200
The room upstairs (look/looks) fancy.
looks
200
The clock (was/were) first rung in 1859.
was
200
All of us (have/has) visited New Orleans.
have
200
What is the rule for choosing the correct verb if you have a compound subject joined by AND?
Always choose the plural verb.
300
All of the carpet (have/has) blue tinges.
has
300
How can you tell which verb to choose if the subject is an indefinite pronoun that can be either singular or plural?
Look the the object of the prep
300
Each of the players (play/plays) well.

plays


Each is always singular!

300
Everyone in my family (like/likes) smores.
likes
300
Young Orville and Wilbur Wright (play/plays) with toy helicopters.
play
400
The boys or their father (visit/visits) the museum.
visits
400
Neither Wilbur nor Orville (graduate/graduates) from high school.
graduates
400
What is the rule for choosing the correct verb in a sentence that has a compound subject joined by OR or NOR?
Look at the subject closest to the verb. If it's singular chose the singular verb; plural, choose the plural verb
400
Both (is/are) very beautiful.
are
400
Books by Octave Chanute or a book by Otto Lilenthal (is/are) in the library.
is
500
List 3 indefinite pronouns that are always plural
both, few, many, several, fewer
500
Marco and his brother, not the entire family, (are/is) going camping.
are
500
List 3 indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural
all, any, more, most, none, some
500
The mother's contribution to the preparations (was/were) helpful.
was
500
List 7 indefinite pronouns that are always singular.
Each, body, one, thing, much, either