Subject Verb Agreement Involving Indefinite Pronouns

Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.

• know

• knows

Each of the football players (was/were) issued a helmet.

• was

• were

None of the marbles (belongs, belong) to Geraldine.

• belongs

• belong

Some of the ice from the polar caps (melts, melt) each summer.

• melts

• melt

Nobody (wishes/wish) to argue with a rattlesnake.

• wishes

• wish

All of the cake (is/are) gone.

• is

• are

Most of the listeners (understands, understand) the speaker's purpose.

• understands

• understand

Few of our neighbors (like/likes) our rude parrot.

• likes

• like

Someone in the audience (has/have) a question.

• has

• have

None of the answers in the teacher's manual (was, were) correct.

• was

• were