2. My parents ( like / likes ) pizza and tacos. 3. My bestfriend ( watch / watches ) a lot of television. 4. My brother( play / plays ) basketball very well. 5. One of the motorbikes ( go / goes ) very fast. 6. Mr. Brown, the banker, ( count / counts ) a lot of money. 7. The dog ( roll / rolls ) around in the mud. 8. This ice cream ( taste / tastes ) very delicious. 9. My cousin, Peter, ( live / lives ) in Chicago. 10. My team ( lose / loses ) games all the time. 11. Michael ( want / wants ) to be an excellent pilot. 12. We ( need / needs ) to buy a new car. II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. 1. Everyone on the board of directors ........ with the planned merger. A. agreeing B. agree C. have agreed D. agrees 2. Success in business ......... certain strategies that satisfy both the employer and the employees. A. requires B. is required C. require D. requiring 3. Not only the painting method but also the colors ............... the intervest of art critics. A. has aroused B. arouses C. have aroused D. arousing 4. The number of corrections made during the first stage ........... the charges significantly. A. has influenced B. are influencing C. have influenced D. influencing III. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school. 2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting. 3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside. 4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor. 5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie. 6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer. 7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France. 8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street. 9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch. 10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win. 11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable. 12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction. 13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen. 14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six? 15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject. 16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days. 17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer? 18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's. 19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left! 21. The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private. 22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially. 23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case. IV. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject 1. Annie and her brother (is/ are) at school. 2. Either my mother or my father (is/ are) coming to the meeting. 3. The dog or the cats (is/ are) outside 4. Either my shoes or your coat (is/ are) always on the floor. 5. George and Tamara (doesn’t/ don’t) want to see that movie. 6. Benito (doesn’t/ don’t) know the answer. 7. One of my sisters (is/ are) going on a trip to France. 8. The man with all the birds (live/ lives) on my street. V. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. 1. Each of the girls ____ her own skirt. (has/ have) 2. Eight miles____ long distance. (is/ are) 3. Many a man ____ tried hard to climb the treacherous mountain range. ( have/ has) 4. The furniture of the house ____ quite impressive. (is/ are) 5. Few students ______ coming to the party. (is/ are) 6. Uma, my childhood friend ____ leaving for Delhi next month. (is/ are) 7. Most of my friends _____ government employees. (is/ are) 8. The level of pain tolerance ____ from person to person. (vary/ varies) 9. Either Tina or Rohit ____ telling lies. (is/ are) 10. A number of people _____reported to have fallen sick after drinking the water from the tubewell. (was/ were)