Grammar review: Subject-verb agreement

The committee, which ___ met twice this month, will vote again tomorrow.

• have
• has
• having
• had

Neither the manager nor the employees ___ willing to accept the new contract.

• was
• were
• is
• has been

The number of applicants ___ steadily increased over the past few years.

• have
• has
• having
• were

The news broadcast yesterday ........ interesting.

• was
• were
• are
• have been

Economics ___ considered one of the most challenging subjects at university.

• is
• are
• were
• have

The data that the scientist collected ___ highly reliable.

• was
• were
• is
• has been

Each of the participants ___ expected to submit their report by Friday.

• are
• is
• were
• have

Most of the students in this class ..... on their group project this morning.

• finishes

• has finished

• are finishing

• have finished

Not only the students but also the teacher ___ surprised by the exam results.

• was
• were
• are
• have

Ten minutes .... enough to finish the exercise.

• is
• are
• were
• have