Compound Complex and Subject Verb Agreement

Select which of the following sentences are CORRECT.

• My sisters and I prepare for Christmas by ordering matching pyjamas.

• Neither cats nor dogs like to dress up as reindeer.

• The students and the teachers makes the decorations.

• Either Jenna or her parents cook the dinner.

Is the verb singular or plural in the following sentence: Either the leprechaun or the tooth fairy visits your house.

• singular

• plural

My mother and my grandma (dance/dances) at the wedding.

Which of the following sentences are INCORRECT.

• My cousins and my brother eats pizza for dinner.

• Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid play next week.

• Santa and his reindeer delivers presents to all the children.

• The grade ten students and the teachers run away from their problems

Choose the correct sentence.

• Either Jane or Jack buy the fruit.

• Either Jane or Jack buys the fruit.

True or false: Every compound subject that has the word "and" has a plural verb.

• true

• false

The birds and the bees (fly/flies) in the sky.

Either the chairs or the table (belong/belongs) in the kitchen.

Select which of the following sentences are CORRECT.

• The necklace or the earrings hang on the jewelry holder.

• Neither the parents nor the grandma know what is happening.

• Either the textbook or the novels contains the information you are looking for.

• Either Janet or Kyle provides the snacks for the party.

Kelly and Ford (deck/decks) the halls with boughs of holly.