Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 124

In the space provided, write the correct form of the verb shown in the margin.
1. (is, are)
Some wheelchair-bound patients, as a result of a successful experiment, using trained monkeys as helpers.
2. (was, were)
Each of their children given a name picked at random from a page of the Bible.
3. (seem, seems)
Many of the headlines in the National Enquirer hard to believe.
4. (is, are)
Envelopes, file folders, and a telephone book jammed into Lupe's kitchen drawers.
5. (contains, contain)
Neither of the main dishes at tonight's dinner any meat.
6. (damage, damages)
The use of metal chains and studded tires roadways because metal and studs chip away at the paved surface.
7. (was, were)
Next to the cash register a can for donations to the animal protection society.
8. (makes, make)
A metal grab bar bolted onto the tiles it easier for elderly people to get into and out of the bathtub.
9. (cleans, clean)
In exchange for reduced rent, Karla and James the dentist's office beneath their second-floor apartment.
10. (is, are)
One of the hospital's delivery rooms furnished with bright carpets and curtains to resemble a room at home.