English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 56

Underline the correct verb in parentheses.
1. Lettuce in most of the stores in our area now (costs, cost) almost three dollars a head.
2. Nobody in the class of fifty students (understands, understand) how to solve the equation on the blackboard.
3. The packages in the shopping bag (was, were) a wonderful mystery to the children.
4. My exercise class of five students (meets, meet) every Thursday afternoon.
5. Anyone who (steals, steal) my purse won't find much inside it.
6. Business contacts and financial backing (is, are) all that I need to establish my career as an interior designer.
7. Each of those breakfast cereals (contains, contain) a high proportion of sugar.
8. The serious look in that young girl's eyes (worries, worry) me.
9. All the cars on my block (has, have) to be moved one day a month for street cleaning.
10. Some people (know, knows) more about their favorite TV characters than they do about the members of their own family.