S-V agreement

Official news (be) brief.

• is

• are

A box as well as the book (be stolen).

• was stolen

• were stolen

The cattle (be all gone), probably driven off.

• was all gona

• were all gone

 “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (be) one of the best comedies in English literature.

• is

• are

Forty guineas for a room each week (be) not an uncommon figure at that time.

• was

• were

Who (be) these people?

• is

• are

The bread and the butter (be) put on the table.

• was

• were

Neither he nor his friends (be) present at the lecture yesterday.

• was

• were

Bread and butter (be) a good kind of food in teatime.

• is

• are

The grey and blue blanket (be) washed yesterday.

• was

• were